Physical exercise in the obese older adult

Abstract

A descriptive, longitudinal study was carried out on a group of elderly people with obesity in the municipality of Melena del Sur, Mayabeque province, which is located in the area belonging to the Basic Health Team No. 1 of the Raúl Curras Regalado Polyclinic, with the objective of designing a proposal for physical exercises that contribute to improving the participation of obese older adults between the ages of 65 and 75, for 3 months, in a period of time from January to March of the year 2020. The study will participate 12 obese older adults, 7 of them are women for 58.33% and 5 are men for 41.66%.