ABSTRACT
The objective of this essay is to reflect on the idea of a colonized condition of investigations in physical activity and health, as well as on the urgency of a decolonial agenda for the development of research in this area. We assume that the hegemonic epidemiological method has been reproduced uncritically and submissively. We propose, therefore, to break with the colonization of this epidemiological knowledge of the global North in order to solve our own research problems. Therefore, we understand that it is urgent to reflect on a decolonial epistemology that is not linked to the perspective of risk factors, listens to the demands of the populations, as well as contributes to overcoming the iniquities to which populations are exposed.
Keywords:
Physical exercise; Epistemology; Colonialism; Epidemiology