A relação da composição corporal e somatotipo entre acadêmicos ingressantes e formandos do curso de educação física da faculdade união de goyazes

Abstract

ABSTRACT The present study aims to relate the somatotype and the body composition of the incoming students, and students of the Physical Education course at the União de Goyazes College. This is a cross-sectional quantitative descriptive observational study within the descriptive approach. 74 students participated in the study, 63 of the first period and 11 of the eighth. With the use of a questionnaire, demographic data were collected, and a physical evaluation was performed to identify the somatotype of the students. The data identified a physical pattern among university graduates, where the predominantly active mesomorphic biotype prevailed, and the participants showed biotype variation and a higher prevalence of less active individuals. Therefore, it is recommended that during training in physical education, individuals become physically active and, consequently, present a better quality in their body composition.