Corvos HCA, Elustondo F, Ramos P, Guedes S, Sosa M, López V, Ferreira C

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Have been few studies of body composition in police officers, where these are excellent references of the nutritional status of the population and can predict the origin of cardiovascular diseases. For his part, somatotype reports on the prevalence of fat, muscle mass or longitudinal measures on the cross in individuals. Objective: To analyze the composition and body shape in a sample of men and women belonging to a police body of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. Methods: The sample was conformed by 53 participants of both sexes and aged 25-44 years. For the quantification of body composition were considered four components body as body fat, bone mass, muscle mass, and the residual mass, and were finally calculated corresponding to the somatotype, analyzing components variables for descriptive statistics. Results The findings show differences in sexual dimorphism human, classifying both groups prone to overweight getting the men and women of 22.65% adipose and 31.83% respectively, and a body mass index within the categorization of overweight for both genders, as well as the men showed a somatotype Mesomorph-endomorphic, while women had a categorization of endomorph-mesomórfico. Conclusions: It is concluded that men and women police officers present tendency to overweight and obesity, may represent possible development of cardiovascular diseases in the future.