Concepções de estudantes do ensino médio sobre sedentarismo: nível de atividade física e comportamentos sedentarios

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the school of knowledge regarding the sedentary lifestyle theme, investigate the level of physical activity and the average time that are exposed to sedentary behaviors. The target population consisted of 120 students from 1st to 3rd year of high school, of both sexes of a public school in Dourados /MS. The research was qualitative approach, data were collected through questionnaire adapted from the IPAQ and the data analysis was performed with Epi Info TM 7.1.4 software. Were considered insufficiently active, young people who did not accumulate at least 300 minutes / week of moderate to vigorous physical activity. Was considered excessive use of television, games and social networks with time exceeding the 2 horas. The results showed that 50.83% of respondents have no knowledge about the inactivity issue; 75.83% of the students are insufficiently active and 52.20% said they use social networks for more than 3 hours per day.