Nível de Atividade Física e Satisfação Corporal em Estudantes de Educação Física

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the body satis faction and the level of physical activity in physical education students, of both sexes and o f different periods of the course. The sample was composed of 197 students from first to eighth perio d of Physical Education College from Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). To assess the le vel of physical activity and body satisfaction, the short version of the International Physical Activity Ques tionnaire (IPAQ) and the Body Areas Scale (EAC) were applied, respectively. A descriptive analysis of th e data was performed followed by the normality test . Subsequently, we sought to associate the level of p hysical activity to gender and to periods of course , beyond the level of body satisfaction at age studen ts. The age group ranged from 17 to 32 years old. T here was variation in the level of body satisfaction bet ween periods and between categories of the IPAQ. The results showed that the level of physical activity was not associated with body satisfaction of the st udents and that comparisons between physical activity leve l and body satisfaction in different periods of the course were not significant. However, we observed a significant association between physical activity level and gender, and between age and body satisfac tion. Moreover men were significantly more satisfie d than women. We conclude that body satisfaction was not related to different periods of Physical Educat ion course. However, older individuals and men were considered more satisfied with their bodies than young er people and women.