Perception of body image in university of physical education

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Flávia Évelin Bandeira
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Coco, Mariane Aparecida, Ramos, Ana Caroline, Grande, Aparecida de Fátima, Lima, Walcir Ferreira, Lima, Silvia Bandeira da Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de obesidade, nutrição e emagrecimento
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbone.com.br/index.php/rbone/article/view/1329
• topic: Body Image; Physical Education; Students; Imagem corporal; Educação física; Estudantes.

Introduction: Many studies can be found in the literature related to body image in university students. And most point out that overweight and female individuals are more susceptible to dissatisfaction with body image. Objective: Thus, this research aims to investigate the satisfaction with body image in students of Physical Education courses (Bachelor and Degree) of the State University of Northern Paraná - UENP. Materials and methods: It were a descriptive quantitative study with cross-sectional methodological design. The sample consisted of 176 university students of both sexes, 108 men and 68 women, from each year of the Bachelor and Degree of Physical Education courses at the State University of Northern Paraná - UENP. The anthropometric data (weight and height) of the participants were collected and then answered the Silhouette Scale, created by Kakeshita (2008). Afterwards, the data were submitted to statistical analysis. Results: According to the results of this study, there is a high rate of overweight / obesity and body dissatisfaction among college students of both sexes, however, there is a higher prevalence in women and undergraduate students. Conclusion: Given the above, it is concluded that women are dissatisfied with overweight, when analyzing the BMI associated with the desire to reduce the silhouette. In contrast, men showed homogeneity.