Os efeitos psicológicos da autoimagem entre adultos com sobrepeso nas salas de musculação

Abstract

Several surveys show that there are discomfort and dissatisfaction of body image in overweight or obese, making it the desire to understand how the psychological effects on overweight people interfere in if they accept through those reflective images of himself in gyms guided by a professional Physical Education. Could favor positively the performance of their results in the reduction of that body fat and thus make people healthier and satisfied with their body image. The objective of this study was to analyze the psychological effects of self-image among overweight adults in the weight rooms. The study is characterized as a descriptive, for the perception of body image that was obtained by a self-evaluation, the degree of obesity was established using a rating scale of body figures and anthropometric measurements to verify the actual data thereof. The study sample consisted of seventeen (17) subjects were female and 13 (thirteen) were male, aged 18-53 years were collected from subjects body weight, height, body mass index in two private academies Natal, RN. Women and men overweight or obese themselves are probably subject to greater psychological suffering as suggested by the results of the questionnaire on body image. The significantly higher scores of these subjects could lead to suggestions of the biggest concerns and discomforts with the body by them. On the findings of this study it is concluded that both women and men overweight or obese themselves are probably subject to greater psychological suffering as suggested by the results of the questionnaire on body image. Therefore recommend to other research related to psychological effects in adults overweight.