Preferred body type of fitness instructors among university students in exercise classes |
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Authors: | Evans Retta R Cotter Ellen M Roy Jane L P |
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Institution: | University of Alabama at Birmingham, EB 259, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. rrevans@uab.edu |
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Abstract: | This study examined the relationship between participants' physique anxiety, eating behaviors, somatotype, and the preferred qualifications and body type of a fitness instructor. Subjects were 171 students attending fitness classes at a university. Analysis indicated that the women preferred a thinner fitness instructor than men and that enthusiasm, motivation, and being physically fit were considered the most important characteristics overall. No significant racial differences in key variables were found. |
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