Effect of Television on Obesity and Excess of Weight and Consequences of Health.
The epidemic nature of obesity in industrialized countries is a serious health and social concern. The number of obese people has significantly increased in the past 20 years. In Poland excess weight and obesity are a serious epidemiological concern. In terms of the number of overweight people, Poland is a leader in Europe. Therefore, indicating many serious health concerns that are the natural consequences of this phenomenon has become important from the point of view of public health. This work identifies numerous diseases which are a direct consequence of obesity due to bad eating habits and lack of physical exercise among Poles. It discusses the negative effect of television and food commercials contributing to an increase in obesity, not only among adults but also among children. This is an overview forming grounds for further studies into ways of preventing the development of diseases due to obesity, both in Poland and in the world.
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Bydgoszcz 85-830 & Ross-Medica, Poland. ania.rosiek@wp.pl.
Anna
A
Rosiek
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Bydgoszcz 85-830, Poland. natalia.framac@vp.pl.
Natalia Frąckowiak
NF
Maciejewska
Chair of Public Health Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Bydgoszcz 85-830 & Department of General Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Military Clinical Hospital in Bydgoszcz, Poland. leksowski@poczta.onet.pl.
Krzysztof
K
Leksowski
Department of Inorganic and Analitycal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Bydgoszcz 85-089, Poland. ola.chemia@wp.pl.
Aleksandra
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Rosiek-Kryszewska
Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus in Toruń, Bydgoszcz 85-094, Poland. leksowski.lukasz@wp.pl.
Łukasz
Ł
Leksowski
D000328:Adult; D000329:Advertising; D002648:Child; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011634:Public Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D013690:Television
TV watching and health; human diseases; nutrition; obesity; public health; risk factors; well-being