ANTIQUE – MODERN: MASTICATION REEDUCATION IN OBESITY RECOVERY

Sergiu Teodorescu and Aurelia Preda
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Sergiu Teodorescu: Faculty of Physical Therapy, National University of Physical Education and Sport - Bucharest
Aurelia Preda: Faculty of Physical Therapy, National University of Physical Education and Sport - Bucharest

SEA - Practical Application of Science, 2015, issue 7, 545-549

Abstract: Mastication reeducation is one of the ways of body remodeling, that can be used in the obesity recovery. In antique Greece, this kind of exercises were practiced in Palestra (gymnastics, sports and sporting competitions schools and arenas). "Besides, Palestras teachers recommended to the athletes to chew well and at leisure, to gain more power, instead of swallow in the greedily eating way, without chewing. ......... therefore, one of the regular exercise, in the Palestra, is chewing food. ". At present, a study showed that the evolution of the fat percentage, as part of body composition, was significantly positive for the experimental group subjects. Mastication reeducation physical exercises are ways to understand, appreciate and to keep healthy the own body.

Keywords: Mastication reeducation; Body remodelating; Obesity recovery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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