Physical activity and sedentary: profile of overweight adolescents

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Tamara
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Dantas, Rafaela Ramos, Gonzaga, Nathalia Costa, Coelho, Rayanna Wanessa Guimaraes, Coura, Alexsandro Silva, Medeiros, Carla Campos Muniz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de obesidade, nutrição e emagrecimento
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbone.com.br/index.php/rbone/article/view/1385
• topic: Adolescent; Obesity; Sedentary Lifestyle; Health Promotion; Epidemiology; Adolescente.; Obesidade; Estilo de vida Sedentário; Promoção da saúde; Epidemiologia

Introduction: Obese or overweight adolescents have risky lifestyle habits such as physical inactivity. Objective: To evaluate physical activity and physical inactivity in overweight adolescents and their association with sociodemographic factors. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional study, involving 128 adolescents between 10 and 18 years old, overweight or obese, followed up at the Reference Center for Childhood Obesity. Nutritional status was classified according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Adolescents were categorized as inactive (no physical activity); insufficiently active (> 0 and <300 minutes / week); or active (≥300 minutes / week). Those who spent ≥2h / day watching TV, using a computer and / or playing video games were considered sedentary. To assess the association of factors, the chi-square test was used and a significance level of 5% was adopted. Statistical analyzes were performed in SPSS 22.0. Results: 50.8% of the sample is insufficiently active and 88% had sedentary habits. Physical inactivity was associated with females (p<0.001) and the age group between 15 and 19 years (p=0.006). Most did not practice physical activity outside of school (64.7%), but they did the transfer to school on foot (61.3%) Conclusion: There is a high frequency of physical inactivity and physical inactivity in adolescents with overweight or obesity, however only inactivity is associated with sociodemographic factors. Knowledge of the factors associated with sedentary behavior and / or insufficient levels of physical activity in this population will allow the development of strategies and actions aimed at promoting a healthier lifestyle.