Vía activa y saludable: estrategia formativa de hábitos de vida para el desarrollo de la aptitud física y la promoción de la salud.

Abstract

this article contains reflections derived from the ongoing research “Assessment of Physical Fitness in the Assistants of the Active and Healthy Way of the municipality of Villa del Rosario”, conducted by the Research Group on Physical Activity and Human Development at the University of Pamplona. the aim was to understand the active and healthy pathway as a training strategy for lifestyle habits for the development of physical fitness and the promotion of health. thus, the research process is framed under the quantitative approach, assuming the fieldwork through the application of the phases: 1) problem determination; 2) selection of appropriate techniques; and 3) implementation of techniques and data analysis. the population chosen for the study was those attending the Active Pathway in Villa del Rosario municipality, assuming as a sample a total of 109 users, statistically distributed into three age groups: young people (10-17 years), adults (18-59 years), and older adults (more than 60 years) to whom the flexibility and agility tests were applied, together with the anthropometric measurement leading to generate the body mass Index for the subsequent classification of the nutritional status. the article concludes that the active pathway is projected as a formative strategy guided by the personal interpretation of the attendees, who see it as a lifestyle habit, for which they attend periodically with recreational purposes, but also value it as a preventive health opportunity leading to the full development of physical condition and nutritional status.