Assessment of Energy Expenditure of Police Officers Trained in Polish Police Schools and Police Training Centers

Jerzy Bertrandt, Anna Anyżewska, Roman Łakomy, Tomasz Lepionka, Ewa Szarska, Andrzej Tomczak, Agata Gaździńska, Karolina Bertrandt-Tomaszewska, Krzysztof Kłos and Ewelina Maculewicz
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Jerzy Bertrandt: Faculty of Economic Sciences, John Paul II University of Applied Sciences in Biała Podlaska, Sidorska 95/97, 21-500 Biała Podlaska, Poland
Anna Anyżewska: University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, Okopowa 59, 01-043 Warsaw, Poland
Roman Łakomy: Department of Hygiene and Physiology, Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 4 Kozielska, 01-163 Warsaw, Poland
Tomasz Lepionka: Department of Hygiene and Physiology, Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 4 Kozielska, 01-163 Warsaw, Poland
Ewa Szarska: Department of Hygiene and Physiology, Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 4 Kozielska, 01-163 Warsaw, Poland
Andrzej Tomczak: Independent Researcher, 02-348 Warsaw, Poland
Agata Gaździńska: Department of Psychophysiological Measurements and Human Factor Research, Military Institute of Aviation Medicine, 54/56 Krasinskiego, 01-755 Warsaw, Poland
Karolina Bertrandt-Tomaszewska: Department of Hygiene and Physiology, Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 4 Kozielska, 01-163 Warsaw, Poland
Krzysztof Kłos: Department of Infectious Diseases and Allergology, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland
Ewelina Maculewicz: Faculty of Physical Education, Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, 34 Marymoncka, 00-809 Warsaw, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 11, 1-11

Abstract: Knowledge of the energy expenditure related to the training of policemen allows for assessment of the intensity of the work performed and is an indispensable element of planning and implementing nutrition. This study on energy expenditure comprised a total of 280 persons, students of two Polish police schools and two police training centers. The energy expenditure of policemen was determined based on measurements of the heart rate using Polar RC3 GPS heart rate monitors. The energy expenditure of policemen associated with the training process in the police schools and training centers ranged from 1793 to 3043 kcal/8 h and amounted to 2314 ± 945 kcal/8 h during training on average. The values of energy expenditure related to a typical training day in Polish institutions conducting police training are diverse and depend on the specificity and nature of the training. According to the criteria for assessing the burden of work, the work performed by police officers can be classified as hard work and very hard work.

Keywords: energy expenditure; police schools; police officers; physical activity; hardness of work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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