Estudo da composição corporal de escolares esportistas e não esportistas da rede estadual de ensino

Abstract

Physical inactivity can have many consequences for health, obesity is one of them. Unfortunately children and adolescents are increasingly exposed to this risk. The objective of this study was to analyze the body composition of schoolchildren who play sports in basketball and schoolchildren who participate only in physical education classes in school. This research is transversal, descriptive with a quantitative approach. Sixteen individuals were evaluated: eight basketball athletes from a state school in Dourados - MS and eight schoolchildren who only practice Physical Education classes considered inactive. The body mass index (BMI), abdominal circumference, tricipital, abdominal and subscapular skinfolds were calculated from these two values and the percentage of fat was calculated. The average age of schoolchildren was 14 years, the group of athletes had a mean BMI of 20.7 ± 3.7 kg/m², while the sedentary 19.86 ± 4.20 kg/m², already in the percentage of fat the group of athletes had a mean of 12.30% ± 5.86, and the sedentary group with 12.92% ± 6.74. It was concluded that both groups showed similarity in the BMI and fat percentage, with BMI within the normal range, being close to the classification of low weight and percentage of fat presented within the ideal classification.