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STUDY CONCERNING THE TRACK AND FIELD ROLE IN EDUCATION FOR HEALTH
MIHAILESCU, L., MIHAILESCU, N.
UNIVERSITY OF PITESTI
PP-HF05 Health and Fitness 5
Introduction. Recent researches are emphasizing that in the European Union, until 27% of men and 38 % of the women are obsesses.
The same information sources are underlining that the number of the overweight children is growing every year with approximately 400
000 and they estimate that, 10 to 30% of the children between 7–11 years and 8 to 25 % of the teenagers, 14–17 years are overweight.
Hypothesis. We consider that, by the multiple effects of the running, in association with a proper food diet, it can be reestablished the
morpho-functional and psycho-affective balance of the people, and implicit regaining the ponderal homeostasis. The effects of the walking
and running therapy and the combinations between them are obvious in time at the circulator, respirator, digestive and locomotory
apparatus level as well as the neuron-endocrine-metabolic level.
Content.Subjects and research methods. The research was focused on an experiment realized from 2006 to 2008, on a sample of 200
pupils between 16–18 years, pupils that were practicing athletics during extracurricular lessons, in urban environment.
During the experiment, by determination of the basic metabolism(%), we discovered that: running in 200m/minute rhythm, in the summer,
on flat, plain ground – 445%; running in 200m/minute rhythm, in the winter, on to the mountain - 1.300%; running in 400m/minute
rhythm, in the summer, on flat, plain ground - 8.000%; running in 400m/minute rhythm, in the winter, on to the mountain - 10.000%.
Conclusions. The track and field skills have many trumps that recommend it’s in order to be used in prophylactic and therapeutic purpose:
The track and field skills have in their structure basic motive skills, they have a natural prevalent character, they are easy to practice:
march, running, jump, throw; The track and field skills can be practiced in natural or improvised conditions, without being necessary a
sophisticated and expensive material base; The specific effort of the middle-distance, long-distance and very long-distance, determines
a big energetic consumption, the specific effort of this kind of running being an anaerobic one that encourages the acceleration of the
“burns”, the metabolic catabolism, until the decomposition of the lipids;
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The physical activity – indispensable factor of the health promotion neglect almost ignored in Romania. The National meeting “Sport for
all, from theory to practice – S.O.S. nation state”, Constanta, p.10 – 20; 3.Dumitru,G. Romascu, D.1998, Fitness assessment in primary and
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BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE
THEODOROPOULOU, E., KARTEROLIOTIS, K.
UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Background: Obesity is a risk factor for diseases and adversely affects Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), which has been defined as
an individual’s perceived physical and mental health over time (1). However, the effects of obesity in HRQoL in the Greek population have
not been previously examined. The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of obesity on HRQoL in a Greek adult population.
Methods: Participants were 327 men and women between the ages of 30 and 50 years. The waist to hip ratio (WHR) was calculated from
measures of waist and hip circumferences, whereas the body fat (BF) was estimated from biceps, triceps, suprailiac and abdominal
skinfolds. Participants were categorized to four WHR groups and to three BF groups. The Greek version of SF-36 (3) was used for the
evaluation of the HRQoL and the Baecke physical activity (PA) questionnaire (4) for the assessment of two PA indices (leisure time and
sport). A series of MANCOVAs were conducted to examine the differences in HRQoL between the WHR groups and the BF groups.
Results: Significant differences were found between the WHR groups with the sex (Wilks’ lambda=0,870, p=0.049) and the sport index
(Wilks’ lambda=0,725, p=0.000) as covariates. Participants with low WHR have higher values in physical functioning subscale (F(3, 323)=
37.784, p=0.000) and in physical health factor (F(3, 323)= 9.590, p=0.000) than participants with high and very high WHR. As far as the
results of BF groups were concerned, significant differences were found with the sex (Wilks’ lambda=0,868, p=0.001) and the sport index
(Wilks’ lambda=0,650, p=0.000) as covariates. Participants with normal BF had higher values in physical functioning subscale (F(2, 324)=
77.870, p=0.000) and in physical health factor (F(2, 324)= 26.846, p=0.000) than overweight and obese, whereas overweight had higher
values in the same subscales than obese. However, participants with normal BF and overweight had lower values in psychological
health factor (F(2, 324)= 10.135, p=0.000) than obese. Also, overweight had lower values in social functioning (F(2, 324)= 3.295, p=0.038)
and mental health (F(2, 324)= 3.625, p=0.028) subscales than obese.
Conclusions: The results confirm the negative impact of total and central adiposity on the physical functioning and health in the Greek
adult population.
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measurement of habitual physical activity in epidemiological studies. Am J Clin Nutr 1982; 36:936-42.
BODY MASS INDEX AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG GREEK ADULTS
THEODOROPOULOU, E., TSAMITA, I., KARTEROLIOTIS, K.
UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Background: The prevalence of obesity is increasing and contributes to the burden of diseases. A few studies in various countries have
indicated that obesity adversely affects Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and mainly physical health (1-2). HRQoL has been defined as
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