Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System
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Abstract

Obesity is up to about 5% of cases the problem of education and not medicine. For an effective intervention is necessary in the first place timely identify its initial stages and simultaneously identify the variables that can affect by the external interventions. The current epidemic of obesity is a problem not only public health, but each individual. The basic tool for successful intervention is to change the lifestyle from sedentary to active of intervened individuals. The first step is early diagnostics and then selecting individual approach that respects the health, previous experience physical, physical fitness, time and economic conditions and the relationship with its surroundings to influence obesity of the subject. Physical activity is now admitted as being an integral element of adult obesity treatment, but it is not clear which intervention is the most efficient. Physical activity is an extremely complex behavior that requires active involvement of the subjects and his nearly environment as well. It is influenced by personal, family and environmental factors and each of these elements can be a potential barrier in preventing active participation of the subject, therefore compromising a successful implementation of a program. These limitations are obvious for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity which is usually recommended for treating obese persons. The study provides an overview of modifiable physical activities mainly based on walking with energy content from 950 kcal/ week for seniors to 2000 kcal/week in children, which can be used for reduction of body fat about 15%, increase in FFM about 10%, increase of physical fitness about 17% independently on gender and body mass. This may significantly influent the life style of overweight or obese subjects mainly their quality of life, predispositions for leisure and work activities and well-being. Recent Publications 1. Bouchard C (2000) Physical activity and obesity. Champaign: Human Kinetics. ISBN-13: 9780736076357. 2. Bunc V and Skalsk�?¡ M (2015) Using Walking as a Tool for Fitness and its Influence on Obesity and Overweight Individuals. Jacobs Journal of Obesity 1(1):010. 3. Catenacci V A, Hill J O, and Wyatt H R (2009) The obesity epidemic. Clin Chest Med, 30(3):415â�?�?444. 4. Stevens J, Oakkar E E, Cui Z, Cai J and Truesdale K P (2015) US adults recommended for weight reduction by 1998 and 2013 obesity guidelines, NHANES 2007-2012. Obesity 23(3):527-531 5. Tsigos C, Hainer V, Basdevant A, Finer N, Fried M, Mathus-Vliegen E, et al. (2008) Management of obesity in adults: European clinical practice guidelines. Obesity Facts 1(2):106â�?�?116.

Biography

Vaclav Bunc has graduated from Technical University in Prague and Professor in the Exercise Physiology at the Charles University, Prague. His main topics include application of mathematical methods and models in PE and sport, using of biocybernetics by evaluation of physical fitness, exercise physiology, obesity reduction, functional and physical testing in laboratory and field, body composition, BIA methods, moving regimes for prevention in cardiac and obese patients. He is a first author for more than 400 items in scientific journals, more than 150 abroad and practically the same number of publications as co-author. He is a referee of scientific papers with topics of Physical Fitness, Exercise Physiology and Obesity. He is member of Czech and International scientific societies, head of many research projects and author of the vast numbers of research reports.