Using Walking as a Tool for Fitness and its Influence on Obesity and Overweight Individuals

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Using Walking as a Tool for Fitness and its Influence on Obesity and Overweight Individuals

Original language description

This study summarizes the use of walking (as a tool) and how it relates to influencing health, fitness, body composition, well-being and other psychological variables. It followed an intervention program that lasted 5 months using 1000 kcal of energy intensity in senior women, 1500 kcal in middle-aged men and 2000 kcal for children and composed of at least 85% walking, pointing to significant changes in fitness and body composition. Fitness, that was characterized by maximal oxygen uptake, was improvedby 13% (in senior women and obese children) and 17% (middle age men). Similarly, the motor performance - maximal speed of walking on the treadmill was increased by about 11% in senior women and obese children and by about 15% in middle aged men. The percentage of body fat was decreased by 1.6% in senior women and by about 16.8 in men of middle age, and by about 14% in children. Together with these variables were significantly improved the predispositions for physical and workload evaluat

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

AK - Sport and leisure time activities

OECD FORD branch

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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

2015

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Jacobs Journal of Obesity

ISSN

2381-8808

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Volume of the periodical

1

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

1-7

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