Body height, body composition, and lifestyle of Czech high school students: implications for the most appropriate strategies supporting physical growth and preventing obesity
Taking into account other available data, it can be concluded that the secular trend of body height in the Czech Republic probably continues very slowly in males but stagnates in females. The inverse relationship between height and % body fat has an analogy in many other developed countries and suggests that a diet based on high-quality animal proteins should be the most effective strategy for supporting optimal physical development and preventing child obesity.
Authors
- Lenka Svobodová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1624-2859)
- Oldřich Racek
- Tomáš Kalina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1692-8762)
- Dominik Bokůvka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2932-4178)
- Eduard Hrazdíra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3865-0450)
- Pavel Grasgruber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8685-0705)
- Tereza Králová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6920-6889)
- Jan Cacek
- Zuzana Hlavoňová
- Nikola Stračárová
- Marie Svobodová
- Jan Huleš
Institutions
- Masaryk University (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
- Published
- 2026-03-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40101-025-00418-2
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00