| Popis: |
The bachelor thesis is focused on the behavior of brown adipose tissue (BAT) when activated by cold exposure. Non-shaking thermogenesis then takes place in this tissue, during which heat is generated. For this reason, it is possible to activate BAT with a cold shower, during which a given thermogenesis takes place, and to monitor the impact on the change in the physical charakteristics of an adult. The cold showers research involved 48 students aged 19-26 who took a shower with cold water several times a week. One group was taking cold showers for 11 months, the other for three months. Their body composition was measured with a Bodystat device and skin folds was measured at four parts of the body using a caliper, always at the beginning and at the end of the research. The measured data were processed and evaluated. An important result can be found in experimental groups, where with increasing number of cold showers there was an increase in adipose tissue, even though the result is not statistically significant. |
