Actividad física y estilo de vida en la mujer de mediana edad de la ciudad de Guayaquil de octubre 2020 a febrero 2021.

Abstract

The lifestyle is the way that each individual lives and is reflected in the habits and customs learned, of the family, education and the society in which he lives. Physical activity, exercise, health and quality of life are clearly interrelated. A healthy lifestyle and exercise favor good habits. The objective of this study is to determine the physical activity and lifestyle of middle-aged women in the city of Guayaquil. A cross-sectional, descriptive, observational study was carried out with anthropometry and the use of the fantastic questionnaire in 31 middle-aged women, the cardiovascular risk was determined using waist and hip measurements, the percentage of body fat was obtained by means of the Durnin and Womersley formula considering the sum of 4 folds. Among the results, it is observed that of the surveyed population of 81% presents a body mass index in overweight and obesity, 29% is in moderate vascular risk and 19% in high risk, it was determined that 87% of The study population presented increased levels of body fat, it was shown that 45% of the population sometimes performs physical activity, 35% almost always and 19% almost never performs physical activity. As a conclusion, it is considered that physical inactivity affects body composition, favoring overweight and obesity, reducing the quality of life due to associated complications.