Enhancing Health Through the Bodystyling Method – An Opinion of Female Residents of Leuven in Belgium

• Authors: Kaiser, Alicja , Mikołajczak, Magdalena

Abstracts

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The aim of this paper is to present and promote pro-health benefits offered by the Bodystyling method, highlighting opinions of female residents of Leuven in Belgium. In order to characterise the method of Bodystyling, the following research methods were used: document analysis, analysis of material from web pages concerning the subject matter, interviews, and observation. The authorial survey questionnaire was carried out in November of 2015 among a group of female residents in Leuven, Belgium. The majority of the group constituted women aged 20-30 years who were university graduates, performing sedentary work with salary of 2000-4000 EUR, married and with children. The main reasons for undertaking the Bodystyling exercises were: health improvement and weight reduction. The majority of women observed a positive influence of the Bodystyling exercises on physical and mental dimension of their health. The offer of Bodystyling is an interesting one for the purpose of prophylaxis, and as a support, in treatment of the diseases of civilization.

Keywords

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health; physical activity; nutrition; Bodystyling; civilization diseases

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa w Poznaniu
• Journal: Studia Periegetica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 16(2)
• Pages: 169-182

Dates

published

2018-10-03

Contributors

author

Kaiser, Alicja

author

Mikołajczak, Magdalena