The Diploma Thesis is focused on the nutritional habits of the pupils of the selected primary schools in Třebíč. The nutritional habits and correct diet in children is very important and can be influenced easily. The children are influenced by the family, school, friends and environment they live in, also by the advertisements, especially on TV and the Internet. Correct diet is the one which provides the human organism with the regular and sufficient supply of energy and food. They play a significant role in the healthy growth and development of the organism. Therefore, they are instrumental to keep the condition in the whole life. The diet should be varied and regular. The theoretical part is aimed at delimitation of the characteristics of the school age, description of particular components of the food, importance of drinking routine and the risk of dehydration. Consequently, it describes suitable and unsuitable drinks for children, diet in children and teenagers and related keeping to the regular eating routine and suitability of certain food, principles of the correct diets and food pyramid. The theoretical part pays attention to the kinetic activities, overweight and obesity in children. The practical part brings the results of the research focused on the above issue. The Thesis was elaborated in a quantitative method {--} in the form of questionnaires. The questionnaires were handed round in four primary schools in Třebíč, namely to the eight-class pupils. The monitored set was made up of 208 respondents; 101 girls and 107 boys. In this part, 2 goals and 3 hypotheses were set. The first goal of the Diploma Thesis was to ascertain the diet habits in the second stage of the selected primary schools in Třebíč. The second goal was to record the Body Mass Index of the chosen group of pupils. Hypothesis 1: Eight-class pupils eat insufficient quantity of fruit and vegetables. Hypothesis 1: Eight-class pupils do not keep the drinking routine. Hypothesis 3: Pupils do not have breakfast. Both goals were fulfilled. Hypothesis 1 was rebutted as for fruit consuming. The bulk of the pupils eat fruit every day, in total number of 130 pupils. The second part of the hypothesis was vindicated. The pupils{\crq} board includes vegetables in minimum cases. Only 79 pupils eat vegetables every day. Hypothesis 2 was rebutted. The majority of the informants drink 2 litres of liquids or more. The drinking routine is kept by 135 interviewed pupils. Hypothesis 3 was vindicated. The pupils do not include breakfast in their meals. There are only 93 children who have breakfast regularly. The findings of the Thesis will be offered to schools in question and the interviewed pupils{\crq} parents.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:51823 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | POSPÍŠILOVÁ, Lucie |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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