relationship between cultural capital and body management among students of tabriz university

introduction : body is a phenomenon not only biological, but social and cultural and today as signs of personal and cultural identity, that can be socially built so its construction and function are a state of social and cultural beliefs. researchers believe that the body and culture do not exist apart from each other, and the embodiment of body goes to people`s culture and society in which live . general understanding of the body in a culture is a fundamental issue within the culture and society . method: in this study, the relationship between body management and cultural capital by survey and case study has been investigated. in this descriptive- analytic study, questionnaires have been used. sample size, contains 235 tabriz university students which have been selected by using stratified sampling. findings: findings show that the rate of body management among students is average, and there is a positive and significant relationship between body management and cultural capital. regression analysis results show that among the independent variables two variables have been identified. 18/1 percent of variance in body management (dependent variable) to explain. discussion: cultural capital is one of the factors that explain body management among students, and increasing the cultural capital of students. it will lead to improving student's body management