Hygiena, 2014 (vol. 59), issue 4

EDITORIAL

Towards the Anniversary of the November Revolution

Ivan Rovný

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25 Years of Attempted Progress

Jaroslav Kříž

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Prevention of Eating Disorders and Promotion of Healthy Nutrition in Primary Schools

Lenka Suchopárová, Martin Forejt

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):157-161 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1263  

Prevention of eating disorders (ED) remains an elusive discipline in the field of risk behaviour prevention. Prevention of ED in schools can be further complicated by lack of awareness by teachers, fear of the subject as such, low motivation by teachers to assign the topic to an instructional programme, lack of equipment and other problems. On the basis of these considerations, we have cooperated with teachers and offered a seminar on ED and aggregate materials for use when working with students in the prevention of ED. A total of 122 persons were trained, involving 105 schools mainly in Prague and the Central Bohemian region. Over 4,000 students were...

Which Expecting Mothers Prepare for Their Pregnancy and Motherhood?

Radka Wilhelmová, Drahoslava Hrubá

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):162-166 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1267  

Healthy lifestyle resulting from well-informed parental knowledge is a condition of both reproductive and general health. Results of current studies show that both pre-conceptual and prenatal unhealthy lifestyles of mothers/parents play an important role in the etiology of different health malfunctions and abnormalities in ontogeny. These malfunctions and abnormalities can be manifested either immediately or with a long latency. The knowledge and habits of women can be significantly influenced by midwives in prenatal courses or, optimally, in a pre-conception advisory capacity. The goal of our work was to ascertain the current situation of pregnanacy...

Methodology for Measurement of Alcohol Consumption in Epidemiological Studies of Risk Factors of Non-Communicable Diseases and the Kardiovize 2030 Project

Jindřich Fiala, Ondřej Sochor

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):167-178 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1288  

Alcohol is one of the most important determinants of health, while its consumption in the Czech Republic is one of the highest in the world. Measuring alcohol consumption in epidemiological studies of risk factors of non-communicable diseases is therefore highly desirable. In Brno, an extensive cardiovascular project, organized by the International Centre for Clinical Research (ICRC) in cooperation with Masaryk University, is currently in progress. It includes an assessment of alcohol consumption and its effects in relation to all significant cardiovascular clinical parameters, but also in relation to other lifestyle factors such as nutrition, physical...

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Other Eating Habits in the Roma Population

Jana Stávková, Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):179-183 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1306  

This article presents a questionnaire survey of eating habits focused on the fruit and vegetable consumption of 102 adults in the Roma community. The main goal of this survey was to determine the subjects' attitudes to, and knowledge of, fruit and vegetable consumption (including recommended daily intake), as well as their actual behaviour in this respect. Furthermore, a food frequency questionnaire was used to collect data about consumption of other food groups according to the food pyramid. This survey was also focused on other components of lifestyle such as smoking and physical activity. The results show that the eating habits of the Roma population...

REVIEW PAPERS

Health Aspects of Thermal Food Processing

Bohumil Turek, Petr Šíma, Vladimír Bencko

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):184-189 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1292  

The recent results of research in the field of nutritional immunology have a wide impact on health protection and promotion-related activities. There is a great deal of evidence showing that the inadequate or lowered nutritional intake is reflected in both protein-energetic malnutrition and immune system disorders. A growing number of in vitro/in vivo experimental and clinical studies documents that the products of non-enzymatic reactions formed during technological and culinary processing of food may play a major role in the emergence and global spread of chronic non-communicable diseases. Evidence mainly points to the pathogenic role of advanced...

Recent News of Tobacco Smoking Toxicology: "Third-Hand Smoke"

Drahoslava Hrubá, Veronika Šikolová, Aleš Peřina

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):190-194 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1295  

For decades, health professionals have been describing the danger of second-hand smoke and many countries have created legislative norms to protect non-smokers against involuntary exposure to passive smoking. Now a growing number of scientists are interested about inter-reactions of tobacco smoke residues and toxicology of so-called "old second-hand smoke" and "third-hand smoke" (THS). These substances can interact to produce new chemical substances, such as tobacco-specific nitrosamines, volatile organic compounds and others, that remain in the indoor air and surfaces for hours, weeks and months after cigarettes have been extinguished. Although the...

REPORT FROM PRACTICE

Experiences and Results of Inspections Following the Methanol Case in the Moravian-Silesian Region

Helena Šebáková, Roman Letošník

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):195-197 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1307  

In the period following the methanol case public health inspectors verified that catering business operators fulfilled the emergency measures imposed by the Ministry of Health, participated in investigation of cases of poisoning and monitored the presence of foreign substances in spirits. The risk of further poisoning should still be taken into account with a view to the estimated amount of household alcohol reserves with possible methanol content.

Mission from the Food and Veterinary Office [Preparedness for Crisis Scenarios in Food SafetyA report from the Regional Public Health Office of the Central Bohemia Region]

Ivo Krýsa, Josef Hrdina, Jindra Taterová, Šárka Nováková

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):198-200 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1315  

The following report from the Prague-based Regional Public Health Office of the Central Bohemia Region, commissioned by the Food and Veterinary Office (European Commission) presents the results of research into the existing levels of preparedness in the event of emergencies related to food safety or animal feed. Auditors conducted a detailed survey of crisis management procedures and their application in practice at the Regional Public Health Office of the Central Bohemia Region. One of the objects of the assignement was to observe the methods for managing an epidemic of salmonellosis involving communication with other institutions concerned, in this...

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Legal Actualities during 16.7.2014-30.9.2014

Eva Nekvindová

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):201-202 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1332  

NEWS

Health 2020 National Strategy: Receiving Public Attention

Redakce

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):161  

Smoking and Quality of Life

Drahoslava Hrubá

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):183-194  

Quantification of the Influence of the Tobacco Industry on EU Controls: an Analysis of the European Tobacco Products Directive

Drahoslava Hrubá

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):197  

UFIREG

Redakce

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):202  

20th Anniversary of the Environmental Health Monitoring System

Kolektiv Ústředí monitoringu SZÚ

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):203-204  

Meeting of Municipal Representatives and Specialists in Central Bohemia on the Theme of Regional Population Health

Lidmila Hamplová, Ivo Krýsa, Šárka Nováková

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):204-206  

Conclusions of the Health and Nutrition Conference 2014 - the Future of Human Nutrition

Jan Ševčík

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):206  

General Meeting of the Society for Public Health and Community Medicine

Výbor SHKM ČLS JEP

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):207  

Thyroid Carcinoma in Children Following the Chernobyl Accident

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Iodine Deficiency in Pregnant Women Living in the UK

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2014, 59(4):207  

HIV in the Ukraine

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