Teenage overweight and obesity: A pilot study of obesogenic and obesoprotective environments in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2016-0005" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2016-0005</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2016-0005" target="_blank" >10.1515/mgr-2016-0005</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Teenage overweight and obesity: A pilot study of obesogenic and obesoprotective environments in the Czech Republic

Original language description

Child overweight and obesity represent a serious health problem worldwide. The Czech Republic now ranks the fourth most obese country in Europe and obesity and overweight is becoming more and more frequent in children and teenagers. This pilot study estimates the prevalence of obesity and overweight among Czech teenagers aged 14-15 years in terms of neighbourhood characteristics, and assesses the effects of neighbourhood environmental quality versus family or personal-level factors on teenage obesity and overweight. The results show that unsafe environments result in the risk of lesser physical activity of their inhabitants, but since the vast majority (92%) of the students felt safe in their neighbourhoods, mediation through safety of the neighbourhood is not at stake. Second, the housing estates demonstrate the most severe problems with both obesity and overweight and their built environments, but when perceptions of sporting facilities and similar opportunities for physical activity are factored in, they do not have low scores; therefore, mediation by physical activity is not a relevant response to the obesity problem. These findings imply that the most important obesoenic and obesoprotective factors are likely to be found within the family environment and personal life styles.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DE - Earth magnetism, geodesy, geography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Moravian Geographical Reports

ISSN

1210-8812

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

55-64

UT code for WoS article

000373436400005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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