The post-communist bloc countries (e.g. the Czech Republic) appear to have a tendency to
replicate the “negative” health trends that had been previously witnessed in economically
developed Western countries: a decrease in PA and an increase of overweight and
obesity(Branca, Nikogosian, Lobstein, & World Health Organization, 2007). Indeed, Central
and Eastern European countries could learn from such “negative” Western European and
global experiences(Knai, Suhrcke, & Lobstein, 2007). The adolescent population represents
one of the most physically active subpopulations(Le Masurier et al., 2008).
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