Physical activities that contribute to the loss of weight in adults from 30 to 50 years

• Main Authors: Andrés Leyva-Gámez, Alberto Avilio Guitan-Figueras
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Guantánamo 2015-01-01
• Series: Cultura Física y Deportes de Guantánamo
• Subjects: Physical activity; Health; Obesity; Average adult; Community work
• Online Access: http://famadeportes.cug.co.cu/index.php/Deportes/article/view/111/761

This research was motivated by the interest of improving the quality of life of obese adults in the community “San Justo", providing them with the necessary knowledge for this purpose through the use and exploitation of the Information and Communications Technology, specifically the use of a Web page to enhance the practice of physical activity in obese adults. Certain theoretical backgrounds are assumed from the philosophical perspective of dialectical materialism, as for example from a psycho-pedagogical point of view, the socio-cultural and socio-historical criteria of Vigotsky, information about the adult anatomic-physiological changes in obese people, as well as the methodological and didactic concepts for the development of the web page. Different scientific methods were used to prepare the report. In general it is considered that the results obtained in the evaluation stage of the proposal are satisfactory and correspond to the interests of research to solve the current problems posed.