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Enhancing Health Through the Bodystyling Method : an Opinion of Female Residents of Leuven in Belgium
Alicja Kaiser
Magdalena Mikołajczak
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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.(original abstract)Keywords:
Health status of the population, General health of the society, Health resort, Physical culture, Opinion research, Questionnaire surveyMost read articles by the same author(s)
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Kaiser, A., & Mikołajczak, M. (2016). Enhancing Health Through the Bodystyling Method : an Opinion of Female Residents of Leuven in Belgium. Studia Periegetica, 16(2), 169–182. Retrieved from https://journals.wsb.poznan.pl/index.php/sp/article/view/146
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