Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1967. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influence why students attend or do not attend the fitness and recreation centers provided to them on campus. With the obesity epidemic growing substantially over the past several decades, it has consequentially affected a vast majority of the nation, including the college-age population. In response to this, the use of fitness and recreation centers on college campuses and universities has become a focal point for administrators and recreation center managers as a focus on student recruitment and retention. The study utilized an online questionnaire which was adapted and revised from a prior survey and corresponding research that assessed fitness and recreation center usage within the college population (Zizzi, Ayers, Watson & Keeler, 2004). The survey used for collection of data in this study assessed factors related to college students’ usage or non-usage of campus recreational facilities by college students. It was distributed to a random sample of 1,100 undergraduate students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania through their student e-mail account. Results from the data collected in this study revealed that users were more likely to be male, Caucasian, non-smokers, and have no health concerns, which is representative of prior research on fitness and recreation center participation. Factors related to usage of the recreational facilities included maintaining one’s current weight as well as weight loss. Factors that influenced occasional non-usage in the user group were lack of time and energy, too much schoolwork, and inadequate facility operational hours. A factor related to non-usage included proximity of the recreational facility in relation to the students’ living arrangements. University administrators and fitness and recreation center managers need to be conscious of the factors that influence usage for the purpose of encouraging student recruitment and retention. Higher levels of usage will increase physical activity and influence health and wellness in the college population. / Dr. Robert Kostelnik Dr. Robert Alman Dr. Joshua Castle

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Title: Customer's view of service quality in private fitness center Objectives: The thesis is focused on selected fitness and wellness club Holmes Place Premium Karlín, where the client's satisfaction with the quality of services offered was determined by using the marketing research. The specific form of this research consisted of a questionnaire survey method called SERVQUAL. With this method, the client's ideas about services in an excellent fitness center are measured first and then these ideas are compared to the actually perceived service quality in the selected facility. The result of the whole research is the quality evaluation of the individual services and all the services as a whole. Based on these results, the thesis presents recommendations and suggestions for the club management to improve the quality of selected services and increasing the level of customer satisfaction. Method: For the survey of service quality in fitness and wellness club Holmes Place Premium Karlín was used the standardized SERVQUAL questionnaire. This questionnaire examines and compares the expected quality of services in an excellent fitness center to the actually perceived service quality in the selected club as the customers evaluates it themselves. Data collection was proceeding between October 2013 to March...

Title: The Competition among major fitness clubs in region Prague Goals: The objective of the thesis is to analyze and compare clientele of Prague's major fitness clubs and to acquire proper data to characterize the customer base in Prague. Results from this research will lead to characterization of competitiveness in the field and recommendations will be proposed to clubs. Methods: The research was completed by both quantitative and qualitative methods. Data were required by questionnaire given to current customers of chosen clubs and by interviews with sales managers from those clubs. Results: Results confirmed assumption about intense competition on the market with providers of fitness services in fitness clubs. The importance of the right targeting was shown as well as the relevancy of the location of the club, because clubs have a tendency to contact potential customers who live or work in an area nearby a club. Keywords: Fitness club, fitness center, customer, membership, CRM, competition

The title of the thesis: The effect of exercise in the fitness center, depending on client education The aim of the thesis: The thesis aims to identify the reasons for clients to access the fitness center, their training goals and whether collaboration client with a personal trainer to improve the effectiveness of training and the effective achievement of client objectives. The methods of the thesis: We conducted a deliberate choice of people without regular physical activity history. Clients never attended a regular fitness center. The experimental group was composed of 10 clients. These were 5 women and 5 men. The age range was from clients 23-47 years, weight rating ranging from 61 kg to 105 kg, and the height was from 157 cm to 192 cm. Sedentary work has 6 surveyed respondents, 4 respondents have a job that requires some physical activity. The content of the diagnostic work is both polling questionnaire form - an exercise regimen, and anthropometric and motor testing - chin on the unit, operating in support of the forearm and run to 1500 m Entrance diagnosis was made before starting the program, the month followed by diagnosis and control after the second months ago, we made a diagnosis output. The results of the thesis: The results of diagnostic exercises show that the month exercise program...

Introdução - A relação da atividade física e da alimentação com a saúde é estudada há muitos anos e os resultados confirmam que a prática regular de exercício físico e uma alimentação equilibrada atuam diretamente na prevenção de doenças. Objetivo - Identificar os fatores associados ao comportamento alimentar dos frequentadores de academias de ginástica do município de Taubaté, SP, segundo idade, gênero e estado nutricional. Métodos - Estudo transversal, quantitativo e com uma amostra não probabilística, constituída por 160 frequentadores de academias do município de Taubaté-SP. Para a obtenção dos dados utilizou-se questionário padronizado de múltipla escolha com questões demográficas, socioeconômicas, comportamentais, nutricionais e sobre saúde; o teste Como está a sua alimentação? do Guia Alimentar de bolso do Ministério da Saúde; o Questionário Internacional de Atividade Física IPAQ; e para avaliação do estado nutricional, informações do peso e da altura para cálculo do IMC (índice de massa corporal) e aferição de dobras cutâneas para a estimativa do percentual de gordura corporal ( por cento GC). Empregou-se análise descritiva, teste do qui-quadrado de Pearson para avaliar associação e análise de cluster. Resultados - A idade média dos frequentadores é de 39,4 anos (DP = ±13,1 anos). Há uma predominância do gênero feminino, alto grau de escolaridade e elevada renda familiar. O IMC médio é de 25,5 kg/m², a maioria encontra-se eutrófico e apresenta por cento GC normal. Fazem uso de complementos nutricionais e os mais jovens consomem os proteicos e BCAA, enquanto os mais velhos as vitaminas e minerais. No teste Como está sua alimentação? 59,4 por cento apresentavam alimentação saudável. A alimentação não se apresentou equilibrada em todos os grupos, segundo recomendação do Guia Alimentar. A maioria relata se preocupar com a composição da alimentação e refere ter mudado algo na dieta nos últimos meses. E em relação à hidratação, 48,8 por cento relata ingerir 500 ml de água durante o período das atividades na academia. Os motivos citados para a realização de exercícios físicos são saúde, prazer e controle de peso. E para o nível de atividade física, segundo o IPAQ, os frequentadores foram classificados a partir irregularmente ativo A. Conclusão - O presente estudo permitiu identificar que a idade e o estado nutricional estão associados a pratica de atividade física (frequência, modalidade, motivação), e a fatores relacionados à dieta, como o uso de complemento, a hidratação e a qualidade da alimentação. Frequentar academias não assegurou o comportamento alimentar adequado desses indivíduos de Taubaté. / Introduction - The relationship between physical activity and food with health have been studied for many years and the results confirm that the regular practice of physical activity and a balanced diet influence directly in disease prevention. Objective - To identify the factors associated with eating behavior of users of fitness centers from Taubaté city, SP, according to age, gender and nutritional status. Methods - There was a cross-sectional study with a non-probabilistic sample involving 160 users of fitness centers from Taubaté city, SP. Data were collected using a questionnaire containing demographic, socioeconomic, behavioral, nutritionals and about health multiple choice questions. Furthermore, they were used the test Whats your diet like?, present in the pocket edition of the Brazilian Dietary Guideline from the Health Ministry, and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire IPAQ. For anthropometric assessment were used weight and height to calculate the BMI (Body Mass Index) and skinfolds thicknesses to estimate the percentage of body fat ( per cent BF). It was used the chi-square test to determine the association and cluster analysis. Results - The average age users of fitness centers was 39.4 years old (SD = 13.1). There was predominance of the feminine gender, high schooling and high family income. The averages of BMI was 25.5 kg/m2, the most of them were found eutrophic and presents normal per cent BF. They use nutritional complements and the younger users were the ones who most consume the protein complements and BCAA, meanwhile the vitamins a minerals are mainly consumed among the elders. According to the test classification Whats your diet like?, 59.4 per cent presented healthy eating . The food did not appear balanced in all groups, as recommended by the Food Guide. The majority related to worry about composition of food and refers that had changed something in the diet in the last months. Regarding to hydration, 48,8 per cent of the users mentioned to ingest 500 ml of water during the period of activities at the gym. The reasons to the realization of physical activities were health, enjoyment and weight control. And to the level of physical activity, according to IPAQ, the users of fitness center were classified as from irregular active A. Conclusion - The present research permits to identify that the age and the nutritional status were associated to physical activity (frequency, modality, motivation) and to factors related to the diet, as the use of complements, to hydration and the quality of food. Attend gyms did not ensure the adequate eating behavior of these individual from Taubaté city.

Introdução - A relação da atividade física e da alimentação com a saúde é estudada há muitos anos e os resultados confirmam que a prática regular de exercício físico e uma alimentação equilibrada atuam diretamente na prevenção de doenças. Objetivo - Identificar os fatores associados ao comportamento alimentar dos frequentadores de academias de ginástica do município de Taubaté, SP, segundo idade, gênero e estado nutricional. Métodos - Estudo transversal, quantitativo e com uma amostra não probabilística, constituída por 160 frequentadores de academias do município de Taubaté-SP. Para a obtenção dos dados utilizou-se questionário padronizado de múltipla escolha com questões demográficas, socioeconômicas, comportamentais, nutricionais e sobre saúde; o teste Como está a sua alimentação? do Guia Alimentar de bolso do Ministério da Saúde; o Questionário Internacional de Atividade Física IPAQ; e para avaliação do estado nutricional, informações do peso e da altura para cálculo do IMC (índice de massa corporal) e aferição de dobras cutâneas para a estimativa do percentual de gordura corporal ( por cento GC). Empregou-se análise descritiva, teste do qui-quadrado de Pearson para avaliar associação e análise de cluster. Resultados - A idade média dos frequentadores é de 39,4 anos (DP = ±13,1 anos). Há uma predominância do gênero feminino, alto grau de escolaridade e elevada renda familiar. O IMC médio é de 25,5 kg/m², a maioria encontra-se eutrófico e apresenta por cento GC normal. Fazem uso de complementos nutricionais e os mais jovens consomem os proteicos e BCAA, enquanto os mais velhos as vitaminas e minerais. No teste Como está sua alimentação? 59,4 por cento apresentavam alimentação saudável. A alimentação não se apresentou equilibrada em todos os grupos, segundo recomendação do Guia Alimentar. A maioria relata se preocupar com a composição da alimentação e refere ter mudado algo na dieta nos últimos meses. E em relação à hidratação, 48,8 por cento relata ingerir 500 ml de água durante o período das atividades na academia. Os motivos citados para a realização de exercícios físicos são saúde, prazer e controle de peso. E para o nível de atividade física, segundo o IPAQ, os frequentadores foram classificados a partir irregularmente ativo A. Conclusão - O presente estudo permitiu identificar que a idade e o estado nutricional estão associados a pratica de atividade física (frequência, modalidade, motivação), e a fatores relacionados à dieta, como o uso de complemento, a hidratação e a qualidade da alimentação. Frequentar academias não assegurou o comportamento alimentar adequado desses indivíduos de Taubaté. / Introduction - The relationship between physical activity and food with health have been studied for many years and the results confirm that the regular practice of physical activity and a balanced diet influence directly in disease prevention. Objective - To identify the factors associated with eating behavior of users of fitness centers from Taubaté city, SP, according to age, gender and nutritional status. Methods - There was a cross-sectional study with a non-probabilistic sample involving 160 users of fitness centers from Taubaté city, SP. Data were collected using a questionnaire containing demographic, socioeconomic, behavioral, nutritionals and about health multiple choice questions. Furthermore, they were used the test Whats your diet like?, present in the pocket edition of the Brazilian Dietary Guideline from the Health Ministry, and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire IPAQ. For anthropometric assessment were used weight and height to calculate the BMI (Body Mass Index) and skinfolds thicknesses to estimate the percentage of body fat ( per cent BF). It was used the chi-square test to determine the association and cluster analysis. Results - The average age users of fitness centers was 39.4 years old (SD = 13.1). There was predominance of the feminine gender, high schooling and high family income. The averages of BMI was 25.5 kg/m2, the most of them were found eutrophic and presents normal per cent BF. They use nutritional complements and the younger users were the ones who most consume the protein complements and BCAA, meanwhile the vitamins a minerals are mainly consumed among the elders. According to the test classification Whats your diet like?, 59.4 per cent presented healthy eating . The food did not appear balanced in all groups, as recommended by the Food Guide. The majority related to worry about composition of food and refers that had changed something in the diet in the last months. Regarding to hydration, 48,8 per cent of the users mentioned to ingest 500 ml of water during the period of activities at the gym. The reasons to the realization of physical activities were health, enjoyment and weight control. And to the level of physical activity, according to IPAQ, the users of fitness center were classified as from irregular active A. Conclusion - The present research permits to identify that the age and the nutritional status were associated to physical activity (frequency, modality, motivation) and to factors related to the diet, as the use of complements, to hydration and the quality of food. Attend gyms did not ensure the adequate eating behavior of these individual from Taubaté city.

Introducción: El etiquetado nutricional ayuda a los consumidores a realizar elecciones más saludables, sin embargo, este es poco leído, mal interpretado o no usado. Objetivos: Evaluar la frecuencia y factores asociados a la lectura, uso e interpretación de etiquetas nutricionales en usuarios de gimnasios en la ciudad de Huancayo, Perú. Materiales y métodos: Estudio de corte transversal en 385 usuarios de una cadena de gimnasios. Se midió la interpretación con un test a partir de dos etiquetas, lectura reportada (frecuentemente o no) y el uso reportado para elegir un producto (frecuentemente o no), así como variables demográficas, dietéticas y relacionadas al gimnasio. Se evaluó la asociación calculando las razones de prevalencias ajustadas en base a las variables significativas del modelo bivariado. Resultados: Los participantes tuvieron una edad media de 27,8 + 9,3 años, 44,7% fueron varones, 49,4% contaron con educación universitaria. El 27,5% reporta leer frecuentemente y dentro de estos el 55,7% reporta usarlas frecuentemente, asimismo el 17,4% sabe interpretar. La lectura se asoció con factores dietéticos y de uso de gimnasio y la interpretación con capacitación previa de lectura de la etiqueta. El uso fue principalmente para seleccionar productos bajos en grasa total (65,1%), alto en proteínas (64,2%) y en menor proporción, productos bajo en sodio (47,2%). Conclusiones: La frecuencia de lectura, uso e interpretación de etiquetas nutricionales es baja. La capacitación previa de lectura es un factor necesario para una elección saludable. Es necesario establecer estrategias educativas para enseñar a interpretar en forma adecuada las etiquetas nutricionales. / Introduction: The nutritional labeling helps users to make healthier choices, nevertheless, this is overseen, misunderstood or not used at all. Objectives: To evaluate the frequency and the factors associated with the reading, interpretation and use of nutritional labels by fitness center users in the city of Huancayo, Peru. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 385 users of a fitness center chain. Interpretation was measured by using a test with 2 labels, reported reading (frequently or not) and the reported use to choose a product (frequently or not), as well as demographic, dietetic and fitness-center-related variables. The association was evaluated by calculating the prevalence ratios adjusted based on the significant variables from bivariate model. Results: The participants had an average age of 27,8± 9,3 years, 44,7% were men and 49,4% had college degree. 27,5% report reading frequently and 55,7% of them reports use frecuently, furthermore 17,4% know how to interpret. The reading was associated with dietetic factors and gym use, and interpretation with prior training of reading labeling. The use was mainly high to select low fat products (65,1%), high in protein (64,2%) and was mainly low in low sodium products (47,2%). Conclusions: The reading, use and interpretation frequency of nutritional labels is low. The prior training of reading labeling is a required factor to make healthier choices. It is necessary to establish educative strategies for teaching to interprete the nutrition labels in an adequate way.