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The paper examines three theoretical models that form the basis for programs designed for prevention and treatment of obesity. These models emphasize the importance of deepening sensitivity to bodily sensations. The first of them is the „intuitive eating”. The second one presented here is a model of „metabolic learning” based on the theory of „selfish brain.” The third approach includes a group of...
The self-perception of people with disabilities often differs from how they are perceived by others in the community. The roles of these persons and their relationships in the society are often defined by others in a completely different way (than the way they view themselves) by assigning a specific identity to them. Disability becomes a central category which defines the social identity of these...
The paper gives moral evaluation of feats done by extreme athletes who participate voluntarily in life-threatening stunts or races. The evaluation of the rightness of such extreme feats was based on the first principles of natural law. The law of nature obliges everybody to preserve their lives and forbids acts against one’s own life (do not kill yourself). Extreme athletes differ from others in terms...
Background. According to the new core curriculum, health education should be treated as a fundamental task and physical education classes should include health education issues. The assessment of health education position in schools after the introduction of the new core curriculum based on the opinion of PE teachers working in Subcarpatian schools. Material and methods. The material for the research...
Background. The aim of the paper was to provide knowledge about socio-economic status and severity of mood disorders among 2012/2013 physiotherapy graduates from the University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw. Material and methods. The study analyzed 101 physiotherapy graduates (mean age 24.2). The research was carried out with the use of a diagnostic survey method. The self-made questionnaire...
In Plato’s philosophy sexual activity comes from an impulse given by Eros: the messenger between the Olympian gods and human beings. That activity is also a harbinger of aspiration for immortality – that is to leave a lasting mark of one’s own existence in human memory. One of possibilities is the transfer of knowledge about one’s own existence to one’s own descendants and future generations. Plato...
Since time immemorial man has been trying to understand his origin and sense of being. He has been seeking to define himself and to find the right answer both through philosophical considerations and scientific inquiries and observations. If we ask what human consciousness is, how it happens that we possess it, how consciousness of our being and agency is formed in us, science will direct us towards...
Background. Lifestyle has the biggest impact on human health. It is a set of everyday human behaviors, the standard responses and certain personality traits. Material and methods. The material includes survey data of 54 male students (aged 16) attending a vocational school in Wroclaw. The survey was conducted in April 2012. The self-made questionnaire adopted in the study was self-contained and consisted...
This article is an attempt to show one of the most important, in the author’s opinion, changes that took place in the cultural and historical development of yoga, namely the change of direction in thinking and perceiving the body in the yoga practice, being the transition from the model named as “off the body” (functioning in the pre-modern, traditional yoga) to the model named as “to the body” (functioning...
Background. The aim of the study was to look at the social composition of students studying unpopular degree courses and to verify whether their social characteristics affect their studyrelated situation. The questions arose in the context of the processes occurring in higher education in Poland in recent years: increasing accessibility of higher education and elimination of horizontal access barriers...
Human body in Western philosophy has been always described as the matter opposed to the Reason. However, this scheme cannot be applied to modern French philosophy in which dialectics reason – body is comprehended as an act of violence and exclusion of the body. For Deleuze there is vital need to understand the human being as an entirety. It is possible only as a version of materialistic, psychoanalytic...
This article discusses the novel position of Andrzej Pawłucki in terms of science of physical culture. Author refers to the social systems of physical exercise (gymnastics) and, based on these system, theory and science in Europe and Poland in a historical context. The starting point for A. Pawłucki is the understanding of physical culture as a deliberate governance of activities integrated with other...
Background. The location and service program are the most important factors which determine the business success of a hotel. The aim of the study was to identify the most important factors influencing the location decisions with reference to new hotels, depending on the assumed strategy of profit maximisation. Material and methods. In the study, two main research methods were applied: deduction and...
Background. Word of mouth (WOM) has been acknowledged for many years as a factor of major influence on what people know, feel and do. Currently, the word of mouth effect is especially important in the tourism industry, whose intangible products are difficult to evaluate prior to their consumption. The aim of the research was to examine the relationship between the perceived service quality and the...
The constant global socio-economic development and the process of population aging in Western countries result in more and more people travelling abroad in order to improve their health. Health tourism is developing, which, apart from spa tourism or wellness tourism, includes also medical tourism. However, a problem arises whether medical tourism is a form of tourism constituting a natural and positive...
Background. The paper contains a review of contemporary e-marketing forms applied by the Destination Management Organizations; their classification was also performed. Material and methods. In the empirical part, various activities of Destination Management Organizations in Poland were described in terms of e-marketing (the usage of the Internet: Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and mobile applications). Best practices...
Background. The number of foreign patients in pharmacies is relatively on the increase, which contributes to the development of medical tourism, especially of one of its categories – pharmaceutical tourism. This requires an estimation of the foreign patients segment, determination of the sociodemographic profile of the ‘pharmaceutical tourist’, identification of the tourist’s purchase-related behaviour,...
Background. Human self-esteem is being created along with development of self-consciousness and self-knowledge under the influence of anatomical, physiological, psychological and social factors. Psychological and social factors are opinions, criticism made by other people which one hears about oneself, also personal triumphs and failures and comparisons with role-models. Comparison concerns a lot...
This paper presents the essence of innovation in tourism as one of the elements that build a competitive advantage in this market. The opportunities and problems or threats related to the introduction of innovative products in spa municipalities are also shown. A research on innovation in tourism in the area of two spa municipalities – Iwonicz-Zdrój and Rymanów – was carried out. The main objective...
Background. The aim of this paper was to present the effect of the situational factors on the frequency and duration of stoppages in football matches. Material and methods. The course of the seven matches held in the final phase of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil was examined. The results of the observation were next subjected to statistical analysis. Results and conclusion. The outcomes of this...
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