ABSTRACT
Introduction:
The practice of physical activity has been the fundamental basis for guiding health protocols in order to maintain and preserve health and, when properly performed, can prevent and control chronic diseases. In Brazil, there are few population-based or school-based studies on physical activity in adolescents, and the prevalence is very diverse.
Objectives:
This analytical study aimed to describe the pattern of regular physical activity of students of a public state school in Manaus-AM, in 2011. Methods: Participants were 304 students who answered the questionnaire Typical Physical Activity and Food Intake Day.
Results:
he mean age was 9.4 years and the standard deviation was 0.7 year, with 95% CI (9.3;9.5). Among physical activities, only systematized physical exercises were statistically higher in the non-active group. The sedentary lifestyle was observed in 48.0%, 95% CI (42.4;53.6) and the practice of mild or moderated physical activity was 96.7%, 95% CI (94.7;98.7) of school children.
Conclusions:
The sedentary behavior is therefore worrying, and it is imperative to increase research in this area in order to highlight its risks and encourage the insertion of regular and monitored physical activities in the daily life of school children to foster the safe and healthy growth of this population.
Keywords:
motor activity; child; school health; sedentary lifestyle
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