Hygiena, 2020 (vol. 65), issue 4

What we have learned from the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic

Alena Šteflová

Hygiena 2020, 65(4):131-133 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1770  

What are the existing barriers to the efficiency of child obesity prevention programmes?

Lucie Smejkalová, Jindřich Fiala

Hygiena 2020, 65(4):134-139 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1733  

Aims: The aim of this study was to describe and summarise the barriers that hinder the success of preventive programmes. Methods: Data was collected using keyword searches from 4 search engines in scientific publications. Results: Barriers to successful programme implementation were divided into 5 groups according to the subjects most affected by these obstacles. The most frequently mentioned barriers within a family context are time and finances. The same is true of doctors who additionally point out uncertainties in the recommendations that they should follow. For children, the most frequent barriers to compliance are different preferences in eating...

Nutritional recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases - evidence, formulation, controversies and ambiguities

Jindřich Fiala

Hygiena 2020, 65(4):140-151 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1764  

The aim of the article is to summarise the currently valid nutritional recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. The basis is an overview of the main points of two recent clinical recommendations of medical societies, namely the European Recommendations 2016 and the American AHA Recommendations 2019, and their commentary. It turns out that many of the former recommendations have had to be reconsidered and are no longer valid. At the same time much remains unclear and some new findings are still contradictory and controversial. It seems that in the near future it will be necessary to further revise the nutritional recommendations...

The effect of coffee drinking on frequency of selected chronic diseases

Nikola Pelechová, Kvetoslava Rimárová, Jana Diabelková

Hygiena 2020, 65(4):152-157 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1765  

Coffee is one of the most popular and most frequently consumed beverages in the world due to its stimulating effects on the central nervous system, but also due to its taste and aroma. Roasted coffee is a complex mixture of more than 1,000 bioactive compounds. Caffeine and chlorogenic acid are among the basic and most well-known components in coffee. Caffeine in one cup of coffee exerts its effect through antagonism of adenosine receptors, which binds to specific sites in brain cells instead of adenosine, thereby delaying the onset of sleep. New epidemiological studies and experimental research suggest that coffee consumption may help prevent several...

The reality of and myths of the tobacco industry, their principle and spread

Kamila Zvolská, Eva Králíková

Hygiena 2020, 65(4):158-166 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1771  

By the spreading of myths, the tobacco industry (TI) has long sought to weaken or delay the adoption of effective tobacco control measures that reduce tobacco consumption. Through the medium of myths, TI uses its economic power, lobbying, marketing or media manipulation to discredit scientific research and to distribute its products. TI globally interferes with tobacco control and seeks the role of a socially responsible partner with governments in this area. The revised EU Tobacco Products Directive (TDP) 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, which sets minimum rules for tobacco products in EU member states, has been identified...

Legal actualities during 4.8.2020 – 15.11.2020

Eva Nekvindová

Hygiena 2020, 65(4):167-168  

Vladimír Feierabend has passed away

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2020, 65(4):170  

MUDr. Jan Ševčík (1936–2020): a remembrance

Bohumil Turek, Petr Šíma

Hygiena 2020, 65(4):171  

Iodine deficiency in one quarter of gestating women in the USA

Marie Nejedlá

Hygiena 2020, 65(4):157  

COVID-1919: history and causes of pandemics

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2020, 65(4):168  

COVID-19: social determinants and health literacy

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2020, 65(4):169  

COVID-19 in the United States

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2020, 65(4):169