Physical, Sports and Health Education against the Sedentary Lifestyles and Obesity in Czech Young People

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Physical, Sports and Health Education against the Sedentary Lifestyles and Obesity in Czech Young People
Original language description
The aim of chapter is the analysis and synthesis of the current status of physical and sports education at school and its comparison with the vision of its status in the future. In current well - being of Czech youngsters the sedentary activities: computers, video games/ mobile phone; watching TV / videos prevail. The participation of Czech youth in sports and physical activities over the last 15 years has not much changed, but cannot compensate the increasing influence of these sedentary ones. The prevalence of overweight and obesity is not favorable. In 11-year-old boys it is 21%, in girls 16 % and among 13-year-old youngsters it is 16% in boys and 12% in girls. The physical performances of Czech children and youth, especially their aerobic capacity,decrease. In current practice (since 2007, in primary schools and 2009 in secondary schools) the PE subject formed part of the educational umbrella "Man and Health". The results, the knowledge and skills are described in the expected com
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Project
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Continuities
Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name
Physical Education and Health: Global Perspectives and Best Practice
ISBN
978-1-57167-702-0
Number of pages of the result
16
Pages from-to
147-162
Number of pages of the book
579
Publisher name
Sagamore Publishing LLC
Place of publication
Northern Iowa
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