title: Preferred body type of fitness instructors among university students in exercise classes.
abstract: This study examined the relationship between participants' physique anxiety, eating behaviors, somatotype, and the preferred qualifications and body type of a fitness instructor. Subjects were 171 students attending fitness classes at a university. Analysis indicated that the women preferred a thinner fitness instructor than men and that enthusiasm, motivation, and being physically fit were considered the most important characteristics overall. No significant racial differences in key variables were found.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, EB 259, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. rrevans@uab.edu
authors.forename: Retta R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Ellen M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Cotter
authors.forename: Jane L P
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012737:Sex Factors; D013008:Somatotypes; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology