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Body-shape perceptions of elderly women exercisers and nonexercisers
1Human Performance Studies Program, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 35487-0312.
Perceptual and Motor Skills
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
Perceptions of current and ideal body shape for 49 elderly women exercisers (66 to 88 yr.) and 29 nonexercisers were measured using a nine-figure silhouette scale. Exercisers showed greater difference between current and ideal shape than nonexercisers, but no association was found for age. Further research needs to consider additional socioeconomic factors and be validated from a broader population.