Publicación:

Barreras para la práctica de actividad física en estudiantes universitarios, según los estudios revisados en la literatura científica

Resumen

Introduction: Sedentary lifestyles today are considered an issue that involves public health worldwide, due to its serious implications for health. Therefore, it is important to determine and recognize the perceived barriers that Influence people to dont engage in physical activity. Methodology: An Exhaustive research was carried out in databases of the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia such as SCOPUS, REDALYC, PROQUETS, OVID, SCIELO, articles were selected whose information will be related to the subject together with the elaboration of a bibliographic card of the selected articles. Results: Two types of barriers were identified in university students, which were internal barriers such as: laziness, tiredness, fear of getting hurt, etc... and external barriers such as: lack of time, lack of resources, place of residence, type of work or university load, among other Conclusion: Based on the studies found regarding the predominant barrier that limits the practice of physical activity in students, is the lack of time.