Physical activity level with variables associated with body composition in university students
Keywords:
Physical activity; body composition; college students.
Abstract
Physical activity plays a fundamental role in the lifestyle of any person, since in addition to providing cardiovascular and cardio respiratory benefits, it is also a determining factor in body composition. Therefore, there is interest in determining the level of physical activity in this population and its relationship with body composition. This study consisted of a sample of 56 university students. In this sense, the type of sampling was non-probabilistic and intentional, since representative cases of the population were not sought. The first objective was to identify the theoretical and methodological foundations associated with physical activity and body composition to support the research, and the IPAQ physical activity questionnaire was applied. Result: the data found on the level of weekly physical activity, it can be highlighted that out of 56 first-year students who make up the study sample, (15) that is, 26.8% perform physical activity at a high or vigorous level; (28) that is, 50.0% perform physical activity at a moderate level and no statistical significance was found between the study variables. To conclude, the hypothesis of the study that was initially proposed cannot be completely discarded or accepted in its totality, due to the limitations presented during the investigation, since in addition to the level of physical activity, there are other variables that were not the object of study in this investigation, and that can modify body composition.
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Anishchenko, A. P., Arkhangel’skaya, A. N., Pustovalov, D. A., Rogoznaya, E. V., Urakov, A. L., & Gurevich, K. G. (2017). The association between physical inactivity and other behavioural risk factors of the development of chronic non-communicative diseases among the students. Voprosy Kurortologii, Fizioterapii, i Lechebnoi Fizicheskoi Kultury, 94(1), 15–20. https://doi.org/10.17116/kurort201794115-20
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Pelegrini, A., De Araujo Pinto, A., & Petroski, E. L. (2018). Agreement between body mass index and the sum of skinfolds in adolescents with different levels of physical activity. Human Movement, 19(2), 11–17. https://doi.org/10.5114/hm.2018.74056
Prioreschi, A., Brage, S., Westgate, K., Norris, S. A., & Micklesfield, L. K. (2017). Cardiorespiratory fitness levels and associations with physical activity and body composition in young South African adults from Soweto. BMC Public Health, 17(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4212-0
Rangel Caballero, L. G., Rojas Sánchez, L. Z., & Gamboa Delgado, E. M. (2015). Actividad física y composición corporal en estudiantes universitarios de cultura física, deporte y recreación. Revista de La Universidad Industrial de Santander. Salud, 47(3), 281–290. https://doi.org/10.18273/revsal.v47n3-2015004
Rodríguez, I. de J. (2016). Valoración de la composición corporal por antropometría y bioimpedancia eléctrica. Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, 1–73. http://ddfv.ufv.es/bitstream/handle/10641/1324/Valoración de la composición corporal Iván de José.pdf?sequence=1
Stevens, Mascarenhas & Mathers, 2009. (2009). Global health risks: Progress and challenges. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 87(9), 646. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.09.070565
Vidarte, J. A., Vélez, C., Sandoval, C., & Alfonso, M. L. (2011). Actividad Física: Estrategia De Promoción De La Salud. Hacia La Promoción de La Salud, 16(1), 202–218. http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0121-75772011000100015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=es
Vidarte, J., Aduen, J., & Vélez, C. (2015). Niveles de sedentarismo en población entre 18 y 60 años: Sincelejo (Colombia). Salud Uninorte, 31(1), 70–77.
Zaccagni, Barbieri, G.-R. (2014). Body composition and physical activity in Italian university students. Journal of Translational Medicine, 12(1), 2021. https://doi.org/10.1186/1479-5876-12-120
Zhang, M., Schumann, M., Huang, T., Törmäkangas, T., & Cheng, S. (2018). Normal weight obesity and physical fitness in Chinese university students: An overlooked association. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6238-3
Published
2022-12-12
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Diaz Theran, K. M., Gutiérrez Calderón, M. A., & Martínez Carazo , R. (2022). Physical activity level with variables associated with body composition in university students. GADE: Scientific Journal, 2(3), 211-225. Retrieved from https://revista.redgade.com/index.php/Gade/article/view/126
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