Relación entre niveles de actividad física y la composición corporal en el Club de Diabéticos de la ciudad de Santo Domingo 2017.

Abstract

The objective of this research was relate the level of physical activity and body composition of the diabetic club in Santo Domingo city. The study had a relational and descriptive type where the population was 135 diabetics, who had a pre and post evaluation in a 6-month interval of anthropometry (weight, height, and waist circumference), body composition (% body fat and visceral fat) and the level of physical activity through the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). A bivariate analysis of the level of physical activity and body composition was performed, the data was analyzed in the SPSS software. In the results showed that 78% of the population are females and 22% males, the average age oscillates between 56 years of age, when implementing the physical activity recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) ) for this age group during the study time, showed positive changes in body composition. In conclusion, the level of physical activity is directly related to the body composition of type 2 diabetics, obtaining a decrease in body fat, visceral and waist circumference. It is advisable to generate strategies to generate the habit of physical activity in type 2 diabetics, in order to support non-medication treatment, preventing the risk factors associated with diabetes from developing in these patients.