OBESITY OF ADULTS LIVING IN THE URBAN SETTINGS AS BASIS FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS OF RECREATIONAL SPORTS

• Main Authors: Vesko Drašković, Đorđe Nićin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Montenegrin Sports Academy and Faculty for Sport and Physical Education 2008-08-01
• Series: Sport Mont
• Subjects: Obesity; Body Mass Index; Recreational Sports Programmes
• Online Access: http://www.sportmont.ucg.ac.me/clanci/SportMont_Avg_2008_Draskovic_753-758.pdf

According to the World Health Organization’s data, obesity is one of the main risk factors for the human health, especially in so called “mature age”, that is in forties and fiftees of the human’s life. There are many causes of obesity, and the most common ones are unadequate or excessive nutrition, low quality food rich in fats and highly caloric sweetener, unsufficient physical activity – hypokinesy, but also technical and technological development of the modern World (TV, cell phones, elevators, cars etc.). The objective of this research is to define the obesity of adults living in the urban settings through BMI (body mass index) and to create, on the basis of these findings, the basis for different applications of the recreational sports programme.