Nivel de actividad física, estado ponderal y satisfacción corporal en la población latinoamericana y española con estudios universitarios

  1. MORALES DE NESTARES , SILVIA ALICIA
Supervised by:
  1. Pedro Ángel Latorre Román Director

Defence university: Universidad de Jaén

Fecha de defensa: 05 July 2017

Committee:
  1. Víctor Manuel Soto Hermoso Chair
  2. Antonio Pantoja Vallejo Secretary
  3. Tomás Izquierdo Rus Committee member
Department:
  1. DIDÁCTICA EXPRESIÓN MUSICAL PLÁSTICA y CORPORAL

Type: Thesis

Teseo: 566696 DIALNET

Abstract

The objective of this Doctoral Thesis has been to describe the level of physical activity, weight status and statisfaction with body image in Latin America and Spanish adults with university studies. We can sfetly say that physical activity has positive benefits for our health and people’s body image. There were 274 participanges from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela. The levels of physical activity, prevalence of overweight and obesity and satifaction with body image differ in adults with university studies in Spain and Latin America.