摘要：The article presents the results of a survey of incidence of obesity in children and adults during a 5-year-long research period. The objects of the research were 1118 children and adults aged 6-23 years. Questionnaires contained basic information on their health state, amount of performed activity, methods of nutrition, and interest in performing physical activity. Basic somatic data on each person involved were obtained: body weight and height, waist circumference, hips circumference. By means of Body analyser device the amount of fat, muscle mass and water was analysed. The measurement results obtained at the beginning of our research mostly complied with the ones publicized by the Public Health Bureau in SR, where up to 12.5 % of the Slovak population suffers from overweight and 6.7% from obesity. However, an increasing number of overweight population (up to 19%), but a lower incidence of people suffering from obesity (5 %) were recorded After the application of the programme of exercises in the selected experimental groups the percentage of population suffering from overweight decreased to 17% and overweight people to 4.5%. In all observed individuals, in spite of the non-significant reduction of weight (increasing muscle mass) all circumferential measures decreased. We can assume that our programmes of exercises positively impacted obesity consequences
