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Volume 7, Issue 6 (Suppl)
J Obes Weight Loss Ther
ISSN: 2165-7904 JOWT, an open access journal
Obesity Meeting 2017
October 23-24, 2017
October 23-24, 2017 Dubai, UAE
14
th
Global Obesity Meeting
Outdoor activities like a tool of overweight and obesity management in children
Vaclav Bunc and Marie Skalska
Charles University, Czech Republic
T
he present is characterized by the increasing movement deficiency leading to severe complications including medical.
Basic health concern is the rise in overweight and obesity. The reason is the mismatch of energy intake to its output.
Energy expenditure in the last two decades of stagnating or even declining, output dropped significantly. Realized volume of
physical activity during this period decreased by about 30%. In children, the regular realization of physical activities clearly
depends on the form and method of the offer. The classic movement activity currently is not sufficiently interesting for children
and therefore it is necessary to search for new forms and methods of the offer. To such activities it clearly belongs to outdoor
activity. The effect of exercise intervention using outdoor activities (walking, cycling, outdoor games, inline skating, etc.) was
studied in 135 girls 151 boys overweight or obese at the age of 6-14 years (mean age was 11.6±3.6 year, body mass was at least
90% of the population norms). The exercise program was at least 5.5
kcal.kg -1
.day
-1
. Applied intervention increased exercise
regimen at least 30% and caused significant body mass loss (13.8±2.8% of initial body mass in boys and 14.0±2.9% in girls).
Body mass decrease expressed as a percentage of initial value was independent of age and sex and was directly proportional
to the energy content of the imposed movement training. Outdoor activities that respect individual interests and physical
experience are able to significantly reduce overweight and obesity in children aged 6-14 years.
Biography
Vaclav Bunc has completed his PhD from Technical University Prague in 1970 in Applied Physics. Currently he is the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports
Charles University.
bunc@ftvs.cuni.czVaclav Bunc et al., J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2017, 7:6 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-051