ArticleJournal of eating disorders2017
Sport practice, physical structure, and body image among university students.
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- Sex-related perception of body image, attitude toward food, and nutritional status of university students, and their relationship with physical activity level.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The influence of physical exercise on achievement motivation among college students: the mediating roles of self-efficacy and life satisfaction.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Simultaneous HIFEM and Synchronized RF Procedure Can Be Effectively Used for Increasing Muscle Mass and Decreasing Fat in the Upper Arm.The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology · 2023Article
- Body Image Perception in High School Students: The Relationship with Gender, Weight Status, and Physical Activity.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- How physical exercise impacts academic burnout in college students: The mediating effects of self-efficacy and resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Body image perception and body composition in early adolescents: a longitudinal study of an Italian cohort.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Predictors of One-Year Change in How Youth Perceive Their Weight.Journal of obesity · 2020Article
- Influence of tobacco, alcohol consumption, eating habits and physical activity in nursing students.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2020Article
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- Identifying the Incidence of Exercise Dependence Attitudes, Levels of Body Perception, and Preferences for Use of Fitness Technology Monitoring.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to estimate body image perception in undergraduate students, and to investigate its associations with weight status, abdominal obesity, muscularity, gender and sport.
methodsThe sample consisted of 231 Italian students (174 males and 57 females); anthropometric measurements, taken by trained technicians, were: height, weight, arm-circumference, waist and hip circumferences. BMI, WHR and Δ arm-circumference were calculated. Body image was assessed using body silhouette charts. Information about sport (currently practiced sport, starting age, and weekly hours of sport) was acquired with questionnaires.
resultsFemales perceived themselves as slightly overweight, while males identified themselves as normal weight. Females had a tendency to desire to be thinner in all weight status categories; in males, normal weight subjects had a tendency to desire to be larger, while overweight wished to be thinner. Sport practice was significantly higher in males. Individuals who were overweight and did less sport were significantly more likely to have higher body dissatisfaction.
conclusionsThe present study highlights a positive relationship between sport practice, corpulence and body image perception.
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