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Obesity, overweight and body dissatisfaction in university students

Abstract:

The present investigation seeks to determine the degree of body dissatisfaction that students of the Technical University of Machala of Ecuador have, with respect to the body mass index (BMI). The results obtained show that although both sexes (59.2%), have a normal BMI, women have greater body dissatisfaction than men, with more cases in the faculty of business sciences and it stands out, that a Representative group of students perform low physical activity.