Effect of high body adiposity on physical fitness related to health of schools in the public teaching network

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Jean Cesar Andrade de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Francischette, Arthur Tromboni, Santos, Amanda Cunha dos, Cruz, Taiele Rodrigues da Silva, Costa, Leonardo Gasques Trevisan, Souza, Caciane Dallemole, Santos Júnior, Valter Mariano dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/13680
• topic: Adiposidade; Adolescentes; Aptidão física; Crianças.; Adiposidad; Adolescentes; Aptitud física; Niños.; Adiposity; Adolescents; Physical fitness; Children.

Introduction: Concomitantly with the mechanical and technological advance, contemporary society shows an emergence of sedentary aspects and a preference for high-calorie diets that together favor the installation of obesity and decline in physical fitness, especially in school-age children and adolescents. Objective: To evaluate and verify the effect of body adiposity on physical fitness related to the health of public school students. Method: The sample consisted of 363 students of both sexes, aged between 9 and 17 years old, selected voluntarily in schools in the municipality of Votuporanga/SP. All volunteers were found to be anthropometric assessments: weight, height and skin folds (tricipital and calf); and motor tests defined as physical resources: flexibility (FLEX), localized muscle resistance (RML) and cardiorespiratory fitness (ApC). Subsequently, the Body Mass Index (BMI) and fat percentage (%F) were calculated. To analyze the data used in the statistical software SPSS 22.0, adopting a significance of p>0.05. Results: There were negative correlations between %F and physical resources FLEX (r=-0.147; p=0.045) and RML (r=-0.328; p=0.000) in girls, and RML (r=-0.330; p=0.000) and ApC (r=-0.475; p=0.000) in boys. Conclusion: The higher the %F, the lower the performance of students in motor tests regarding the studied physical capacities, therefore, obesity in these individuals is characterized as a preponderant factor to low physical fitness, which, in turn, can favor the emergence of comorbidities, impairing the processes human development and early adulthood.