Browsing by Author "Kalkan N."

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    Obesity prevalence and physical fitness in school-aged children
    (Horizon Research Publishing, 2019) Dinç N.; Güzel P.; Özbey S.; Beşikçi T.; Seyhan S.; Kalkan N.; Gezer G.
    The purpose of this study is to determine the overweight and obesity prevalence among students studying in primary school by ages and to reveal the relation with physical activity. 1946 students aged between 7 and 11 and receiving primary education in a district of Manisa province have participated in this study. There are 885 female students and 1061 male students. Height measurements, body composition measurements, vertical jump test and 30mt tests of the participants were performed respectively. SPSS 22 program was used for statistical analysis. Frequency distributions and percentage values were presented in statistical notations. Pearson correlation analysis was performed in data analysis. In conclusion, it is observed that 12% of female students are overweight, 9.5% are obese and 21.5% are both overweight and obese. 8.8% of male students are overweight, 11.3% are obese and 20.1% are both overweight and obese. There is also a statistically correlation between obesity and age and parameters of physical fitness. In order to reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children, school and community-based programs must be planned to encourage children to do physical activity and exercise and to prefer low calorie intake. The content and importance of these programs should be made applicable by parents and local governments. © 2019 by authors, all rights reserved.
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    Anatolian cultural heritage: Ancient stadiums related to sport or physical culture?
    (Horizon Research Publishing, 2019) Zekioglu A.; Kalkan N.
    Anatolia has hosted many civilizations and has made great contributions to the history of humanity in scientific, social and cultural terms. Two of the most important cultures that make up this cultural heritage in Anatolia are Hellenic and Roman culture. The material and intangible cultural heritage of this turnover is still alive in Anatolia, which is home to the Hellenistic and Roman cultures. In our work, we have studied material cultural heritage, stadiums of Hellenistic and Roman culture. The aim of these stadiums is to assess the architecture, culture, lifestyles, social rules of different periods on a case appealing to large communities such as sports. This study, which deals with the effects of the legacies left by the civilizations that lived in the Anatolian geography in the historical perspective of the sport, also aims at shedding light on the sportive activities made at that time at the same time. The stadiums studied in the study include Didyma, Ephesos, Magnesia, Miletus, Priene, Smyrna, Aphrodisias, Labranda, Blaundos, Nysa, Sardeis, Arykanda, Kadyanda, Letoon, Pergamon, Aspendos, Sillyon, Perge, Aizanoi, Laodikeia, Selge are stadiums located in the ancient cities. © 2019 by authors, all rights reserved.
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    Investigation of Retired Elite Athletes’ Food Addiction
    (Mattioli 1885, 2021) Kalkan N.
    The aim of this study is to examine the food addiction levels of retired elite athletes in terms of various variables. The research is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample group of the study, fencing, football, basketball, volleyball, athletics, handball, tae-kwon-do, badminton and tennis, who ended their sports career at least 3 years ago, 51 men (53.1%) and 45 women (46.9%) average age 33.75 ± 5.88 total 96 constitute the national athlete. In the study, Yale Food Addiction Scale consisting of 27 questions developed by Gearhardt et al. in 2009 and adapted to Turkish by Bayraktar et al. In 2012 was applied to the participants in the study. Food addiction was detected in 39 of 96 participants participating in the study. When the data obtained in the study were examined, it was determined that the athletes who retired after exercising at the elite level experienced higher levels of problems with food addiction compared to other members of the society. © Mattioli 1885