Nivel de actividad física, estado ponderal y satisfacción corporal en la población latinoamericana y española con estudios universitarios
- MORALES DE NESTARES , SILVIA ALICIA
- Pedro Ángel Latorre Román Director
Defence university: Universidad de Jaén
Fecha de defensa: 05 July 2017
- Víctor Manuel Soto Hermoso Chair
- Antonio Pantoja Vallejo Secretary
- Tomás Izquierdo Rus Committee member
Type: Thesis
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.