Emilio Villa Gonzalez

Emilio Villa González Birth date: 22-12-1985 Assistant Professor Doctor E-mail: --LOGIN--c06ba5d458c69b2dd4c9eb953aaf4604ugr[dot]ess Telf:

• • Physical Education and Sports Department
  Facultad de Educación y Humanidades de Melilla
  University of Granada (Spain)
  C/ Santander, 1 C.P. 52005 Melilla

Emilio Villa González. Degree in Sport Sciences (Madrid, 2008), Master Degree in Research in Physical Activity and Sports (University of Granada, 2011), Ph.D in the Biomedicine Programme (University of Granada, 2015).

His professional career is linked mainly to the field of fitness in sport and wellness centres (duration: 10 years) as an expert in personal training and various disciplines of fitness. He currently teaches at the University of Granada (since 2017). He has conducted research stays in countries such as Ecuador (2014-2016), Chile (2014), or New Zealand (2015).

• Emilio’s main areas of interest are:
  • physical fitness assessment, physical activity, and physical exercise programmes with the aim to promote healthy habits in young and adult population.
  • In his last years, he has analysed the relationship between active transport to/from school and several variables related to youth´s health.
  • In addition, he has special interest in the promotion of different intervention programmes in order to change habits in this population, such as physical activity programs in the school environment or physical exercise programmes in healthy and unhealthy population.

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