de4914 Movement and Health of Children

Faculty of Sports Studies
spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Hana Hrstková, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Hana Hrstková, CSc.
Department of Kinesiology – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Faculty of Sports Studies
Prerequisites
The primary education of physiology and pathology children.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course for students in the field of kinanthropology is to get to know individual developmental categories in children and adolescents from the perspective of health, illness and possible physical activity. Another aim is to increase the knowledge of individual chronic diseases in children and adolescents from the perspective of possible inclusion in physical activities and their benefits. The last part is the diseases of civilization, which can be prevented by suitable physical activity (nutrition, etc.).
Learning outcomes
- acquiring basic knowledge of children's movement and health
- applying this knowledge in your dissertation
Syllabus
  • General introduction - the role of parents in introducing the child's physical activity
  • Recommendations for physical activity for children by age category
  • Health and disease - possibilities of physical activity after illness within the framework of rehabilitation, physical activity of chronically ill children
  • Physical activity of children after treatment with cardiotoxic drugs and children with heart disease
  • Relation between health status and movement activity
  • Health Physical Education
  • Obesity in children, its causes, prevention of obesity
  • Obesity as a health problem
  • Physical activity to prevent obesity
  • Child Nutrition as a Prevention of Obesity, Food Pyramid The consequences of obesity, its health problems
  • Physical activity in the prevention of civilization diseases
  • Positive impact of physical activity on the child's health and its further development in adulthood.
  • The Importance of Child Movement for its Psychological Development
  • Health Physical Education.
  • Special section: Scientific goals and questions, research projects of students in their dissertations.
Literature
  • Obezita v dětství a adolescenci,Jana Pařízková,Lidka Lisá, Gallén 2007 ISBN 9788072624669
  • LEBL, Jan, Jan JANDA, Petr POHUNEK and Jan STARÝ. Klinická pediatrie. Druhé vydání. Praha: Karolinum, 2014, xix, 698. ISBN 9788024626970. info
  • FRAŇKOVÁ, Slávka, Jana PAŘÍZKOVÁ and Eva MALICHOVÁ. Jídlo v životě dítěte a adolescenta : teorie, výzkum, praxe. Vydání první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2013, 302 stran. ISBN 9788024622477. info
Teaching methods
block seminar, e-learning material
Assessment methods
The method of assessment is oral examination
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hours/term.
Teacher's information
http://www.fsps.muni.cz/impact/pohyb-a-zdravi-deti/
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2021, spring 2024, spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2022, recent)
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