Comportamento sedentário, aptidão física e nível de atividade física de escolares na cidade de Maceió

Abstract

The purpose of the presente work is to discribe e analyse the students sedentary behavior profile, the level of physical activity and physical fitness. Specific objectives were defined as well: a) discribe the physical fitness related to health (in the variables: BMI, Flexibility and Cardiorespiratory Endurance); b) discribe and analyze the students level of physical activity and the students and sendentary behavior profile in three public schools of the state educational network of Maceió. It was a quantitative and descriptive work, which the research methods were: the questioanaires PeNSE, BMI, Flexteste and a 12 minutes test. The sample was constitute of 46 scholars, 21 males and 25 female, at the age of 14-19 years old (16,31 moroless 3,28). The sampling showed that most of the individuals were classified at a healthy zone of BMI, although the flexibility, girls (n = 10) and boys (n = 10) were at a healthy zone, was identified a high level (n = 26) of students at a risk zone; In Cardiorespiratory Endurance 100% of the boys and 92% of the girls were identified inarisk zone. At the intensity level of physical activity, declared through the questionnaire, PENSE, both male and female were identified, in majority, as physically actives (85% male and 92% female). In the presence of the results was observed the necessity of improvement of flexibility and cardiorespiratory fitness. These results indicates the although the majority of the scholars demonstrate a high level of Physical Activity, there is a portion worthy of concern and need actions that aim to minimize the state of health risk, demanding of the educational agents and the public power collective actions that comes to improve and eradicate these numbers specially related to flexibility and cardiorespiratory fitness.