Abstract
One hundred years ago in 1921, the Czech People's Publishing House - Josef Springer published the health-educational publication Zdravotnická čítanka, intended primarily for schoolchildren and students, but also for the general public. The publication was edited by well-known experts - professors of Charles University in Prague: prof.
MUDr. J.
Hönl (1866-1936 - bacteriology), prof. MUDr.
J. Thomayer (1853-1927 - internal medicine) and prof.
MUDr. K.
Weigner (1853-1927 - anatomy). The book contained eighteen chapters, several of which were closely related to lifestyle issues and harmful lifestyle habits.
Currently, 3.5 million Czechs suffer from chronic non-infectious diseases (cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, dyslipidemia, osteoporosis, arthrosis of the spine and large joints, malignancies, COPD, mental disorders, dementia, tobacco, alcoholism, drugs and others), often in a polymorbid combination. In all these disease states (and in many others), physical activity is an important primary and secondary preventive factor.
Physical activity in the lifestyle is completely insufficient today. Optimal physical activity can be learned from WHO recommendations and many other sources.
How to "move" the current young, adult and older population to physical activity is a problem that is being addressed by experts from around the world. According to epidemiological studies, modern medicine can only influence 10-20% of a patient's fate.
Health depends almost 70% on lifestyle, influencing risk factors and the state of the environment. It is unreasonable to rely on future advances in medicine to ensure that everyone can cure all health problems without their own efforts.
It would probably be most effective to achieve a situation where the majority of the population is convinced of the correctness of the principles of a healthy lifestyle and disciplinedly applies them in their own interest. Expert recommendations regarding the relationship between lifestyle and health are still valid today.