Elto Legnani

This work presents the main concepts related to training loads and physical recovery in athletes. This material is the result of a collection of two master's dissertations linked to the Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering of the Federal Technological University of Paraná, Campus Curitiba. Our main goal is to bring to sports professionals, essential concepts for those who want to improve their load control strategies and the physical recovery of their athletes. The content was organized in two parts: the first addresses the classic concepts and the main strategies on the control of monitoring of training loads and physical recovery of athletes. In the second part, the authors present a brief summary of the literature on the technologies available in the market, for monitoring the training loads and physical recovery of athletes, and finally, the authors present a tool specially developed to evaluate and monitor the loads of training and physical recovery of athletes, the e...

The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status and the association of excess body weight (EBW) with gender and age among children and adolescents from the town of Vilhena, Rondonia, Brazil. A total of 5,883 students, including children (6 to 11 years) and adolescents (12 to 17 years), from public schools participated in the study. Body weight and height were measured and the body mass index was calculated for subsequent classification of nutritional status. The t-test was used for comparison between genders and the chi-square test and Poisson regression were used to evaluate the association between EBW, gender, and age. Data were analyzed with the SPSS 11.0 program at a level of significance of p < 0.05. The prevalence of EBW was 19.3% among children and 17.4% among adolescents. EBW was significantly associated with gender and age among children. In addition, the prevalence of EBW was higher among girls (PR = 1.81, 95% CI 1.49 to 2.21) than among boys. Adolescent girl...

INTRODUCTION The obesity is a theme studied by several professionals in the health area and it has a classica1 definition "disease in which the excess of corporal fat is so accumulated that the health can be affected". The obesity is not a recent phenomenon, 2-3 however its prevalence had never reached epidemic proportions as nowadays . In this sense, it seems to be an ascension tendency in the prevalences of weight excess (overweight and obesity) either in the developed countries, or in those in development. It was observed in Italy, a prevalence of excessive corporal weight among 4 5 children from 3 to 17,5 years around 13,25% , but in Califórnia that prevalence arrives to 22,45% in children with ages between 6 and 13 years. In Brazil the situation is not very different. Studies accomplished in different Brazilian areas detected the following 6 prevalences of excess of corporal weight: Feira de Santana BA, 6,85% (five to nine years old) ; Rio de Janeiro, 11,72% (four to ...

This study aims to validate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Exercise Motivations Inventory (EMI-2). The original version was translated into Portuguese and back-translated into English. After minor changes identified in the translation process, the Portuguese version of the EMI-2 showed semantic, idiomatic, cultural and conceptual equivalences. The final version of the translated EMI-2 was administered in sample of 2380 university of both sexes to identify the psychometric properties. The adequacy of the translated version with 44 items distributed among 10 factors was tested, and construct confirmatory validity for the selected sample was assumed. The results showed Cronbach's alpha coefficient acceptable (.738 to .918) and 78.4% of items had substantial kappa index of agreement (> 61%) when the application of the questionnaire was repeated. In conclusion, the translation, cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric qualities of the EMI-2 were sati...

Introduction: Quality of life (QOL) may refer to a conceptual and quite complex discussion due to specifc defnition lack and poor procedures and instruments able to measure it. In this study, QOL’s instrument validation is based upon stressor and stress triggering agents. Foreign instruments may not always reach their goals as Brazilian and Latin American cultural differences shall compromise the data quality. In Brazil, questionnaires assessing organizational environment stress are scarce and often not validated. Objective : to demonstrate the construction and validation of an easy to apply instrument gathering stress and QOL. As a question problem, it was asked: What steps are to be followed for the construction and validation of an instrument? Methods: A 25 questions instrument was divided into four areas: Work environment; social relations; leisure; sleep. Six steps for instrument validation were followed: 1- Content Validity (or construct); 2- Internal Consistency; 3- Discrimin...

The Tri-Border Region has several social and health problems among young people, however, there are no data about the overweight between adolescents. This study investigated the prevalence of overweight and associated factors in students from Tri-Border Region: Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Study participants were 1.183 students, ages from 15 to 18 years. The overweight was identified according to body mass index cut-off points proposed by the World Health Organization. The Global School-Based Student Health Survey questionnaire was used to identify sociodemographic (gender and age) and behavioral factors (physical activity outside of school, commuting to school, time watching TV and fruits, vegetables, sweet, and salty snack consumption) associated with overweight in adolescents. It was used the descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, chi-square and binary logistic regression, adopting p<0,05. Thirteen percent of students were overweight. Boys were approximately two time...

Introducao: No Brasil, ha uma grande escassez de instrumentos de investigacao voltados a avaliacao da Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho (QVT) que tratam dos diferentes aspectos do colaborador, em especial; os psiquicos, biomecânicos e ergonomicos. Objetivo : construir e validar um instrumento sobre QVT, compreensivel e executavel. A questao problema foi: Quais as etapas, continuas para a construcao e validacao de um instrumento? Metodos: Utilizou-se para a pesquisa questionarios impressos que possuiam inquerito pessoal. O instrumento proposto, foi construido com 25 questoes, divididos em quatro dominios, a saber: variedade; autonomia e feedback; Identidade; signifcância e motivacao. Para a metodologia em questao, foram seguidas as etapas de validacao de um instrumento: 1- Validade de Conteudo (ou Constructo); 2- Consistencia interna; 3- Validade discriminante; 4- Validade de criterio; 5- Validade concorrente e 6- Reprodutibilidade temporal. O instrumento referencia para comparacao deste...

The Tri-Border Region has several social and health problems among young people, however, there are no data about the overweight between adolescents. This study investigated the prevalence of overweight and associated factors in students from Tri-Border Region: Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Study participants were 1.183 students, ages from 15 to 18 years. The overweight was identified according to body mass index cut-off points proposed by the World Health Organization. The Global School-Based Student Health Survey questionnaire was used to identify sociodemographic (gender and age) and behavioral factors (physical activity outside of school, commuting to school, time watching TV and fruits, vegetables, sweet, and salty snack consumption) associated with overweight in adolescents. It was used the descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, chi-square and binary logistic regression, adopting p < 0.05. Thirteen percent of students were overweight. Boys were approximately two ti...

Uma particularidade do tenis de campo e a iniciacao esportiva precoce. Todavia para o desenvolvimento da modalidade, necessita-se de capacidades fisicas especificas, que podem ser influenciadas pelo nivel de maturacao, que por sua vez influenciam o desempenho competitivo e o nivel de estresse destas criancas. Nesse sentido, o presente estudo analisou os parâmetros da variabilidade da frequencia cardiaca pre-competicao e os correlacionou com o pico de velocidade de crescimento de jovens tenistas competidores nas categorias entre 9 e 12 anos. A amostra foi composta por nove tenistas do sexo masculino com idade media de 10,59 anos ± 0,48 meses e um pico de velocidade de crescimento de -3,56 anos ± 0,72 meses. Os resultados mostraram valores da VFC pre-competicao no dominio do tempo de 689,89 ± 113,03 ms para RR, 75,44 ± 39,56 ms para SDNN, 68,44 ± 34,13 ms para RMSSD e 36,84 ± 23,39% para pNN50. No dominio da frequencia, o LF, HF e LF/HF valores de 41,20 ± 12,51 un, 58,33 ± 12,30 un e ...

O futsal e um esporte praticado em quase todo o mundo. Embora seja um esporte recente, suas regras evoluiram rapidamente, provocando profundas alteracoes nos aspectos fisico, tecnicos e taticos do jogo. Entre as criancas, sua pratica se inicia de forma precoce e em nosso pais, as escolas de futsal sao as grandes responsaveis pela iniciacao esportiva de nossas criancas, no entanto, a maioria delas nao possui uma metodologia organizada. A respeito do processo de ensino-aprendizagem do futsal, tanto na iniciacao como no alto rendimento, percebe-se que uma grande variedade de processos metodologicos sao adotados pelos treinadores e instrutores dessa modalidade. Sendo assim, este trabalho tem por objetivo investigar os pressupostos teoricos que orientam o trabalho pratico dos treinadores de escolas de iniciacao de futsal. Participaram do estudo 12 instrutores de futsal, os quais ministram aulas em escolas de futsal na cidade de Curitiba. Para coleta de dados foi utilizado um formulario e...

1 Abstract - The aim of this study was to assess the validity and reproducibility of a self- report questionnaire on sedentary behavior (Adolescent Sedentary Activity Questionnaire: ASAQ) among Brazilian adolescents. The sample consisted of 122 adolescents (62 females) aged between 12 and 17 years. ASAQ was developed and validated for adolescents in Aus- tralia (Hardy et al, 2007), and for its use in Brazil a transcultural adaptation to Portuguese was done, followed by an assessment of ASAQ's contents by experts. Then, ASAQ was administered within schools, on a typical school day, followed by a retest administration four days later. Total sedentary time was calculated for weekdays and weekends. Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) and confidence interval (CI95%) were calculated for both sexes. QASA (acronym for ASAQ Portuguese version) has 13 questions divided into five categories: screen recreation, educational, transportation, cultural activities, and social activities. I...

The obesity it's a degenerative chronic disease characterized by the excessive body fat mass and is associated with genetics and environmental factors. The aim of the study is to investigate the evidences presented in the literature about the role of the macro and micro environments in the obesity epidemic's actual context. For doing this review, published articles from 1989 to 2008 were studied, using electronic databases, national and international publications, which ones were talking about the following themes: overweight and obesity, and inter-relation between the macro and micro environment and childhood obesity prevalence. Confronting the evidences, to investigate the obesity it's necessary to go beyond the simple detection of prevalences. It's necessary to identify which are the principal factors that affect the obese subjects and propose some intervention models, especially in children and young people, before 10 years of age.

Good sleep habits and the practice of physical activity can bring physical and psychological benefits, providing improved health and quality of life in different age groups. Aim of the study was to describe the level of physical activity, nutritional status and hours of sleep of high school adolescents of a federal public school in Curitiba. Methods : Were evaluated 139 individuals 42 female (30.2%) and 97 male (69.8%) with mean age of 15.4 years (± 0.74). Data collection was used the electronic questionnaire Webcas proposed by Legnani (2015). The application of Webcas questionnaire was carried out in a computer room, after setting with the application. The collected data were stored in a database management system. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 20.0 for Windows program, using descriptive statistics and chi-square test. Results: The mean age of students was 15.4 years (±0.74), body mass 61.4 kg (±11,82), height of 1,71cm (±0.84), the Index body Mass 20.79 kg/m² (± 3...

OBJETIVO: Determinar a correlação entre a percepção subjetiva do esforço (PSE) e a fadiga neuromuscular dos membros inferiores por meio de saltos mensurados no pré e pós treino em atletas de futebol.MÉTODOS: Quatorze atletas de futebol (sub 17) foram monitorados ao longo de quatro sessões de treinamento. Com as seguintes características: estatura (173±6,81cm), peso (64,43±5,80kg) e percentual de gordura (14,74±3,11). A PSE foi monitorada por meio do aplicativo e-trimp, 15 minutos após o final de cada sessão de treinamento. Os saltos foram avaliados por meio da plataforma de salto Jump System Pro, 10 minutos, antes e depois das sessões de treinamento. Os dados foram analisados no programa estatístico SPSS por meio da estatística descritiva e correlação de Spearman.RESULTADOS: A correlação entre a PSE e a diferença da potência relativa do salto vertical (pré/pós treino) foi fraca para todas as sessões. As sessões 1 e 4 apresentaram correlação negativa (r=-0,184, p=0,530; r=-0,159, p=0...

Introduction: Quality of life (QOL) may refer to a conceptual and quite complex discussion due to specific definition lack and poor procedures and instruments able to measure it. In this study, QOL’s instrument validation is based upon stressor and stress triggering agents. Foreign instruments may not always reach their goals as Brazilian and Latin American cultural differences shall compromise the data quality. In Brazil, questionnaires assessing organizational environment stress are scarce and often not validated. Objective: to demonstrate the construction and validation of an easy to apply instrument gathering stress and QOL. As a question problem, it was asked: What steps are to be followed for the construction and validation of an instrument? Methods: A 25 questions instrument was divided into four areas: Work environment; social relations; leisure; sleep. Six steps for instrument validation were followed: 1- Content Validity (or construct); 2- Internal Consistency; 3- Discrimi...

O estudo identificou fatores motivacionais associados à prática de exercício físico em estudantes universitários mediante versão traduzida e adaptada do Exercise Motivation Inventory. Metodologia: participaram do estudo 63 sujeitos (20 e 30 anos). Resultados: Os fatores motivacionais mais importantes foram Prevenção de Doenças, Prazer/Bem-Estar e Condição Física. Diferenças significativas entre os gêneros foram observadas em cinco fatores motivacionais: Afiliação (p < 0,01), Competição (p < 0,01), Controle do Peso Corporal (p < 0,04), Reabilitação da saúde (p < 0,03) e Reconhecimento Social (p < 0,05). Conclusão: importantes aspectos motivacionais devem ser considerados em intervenções direcionadas à promoção da prática de exercício físico em estudantes universitários.

INTRODUCTION Evidence of the validity of instruments for assessing health-related quality of life (QOL) are fundamental to grant interpretations and direct actions at the level of promotion and health care. PURPOSE To verify the agreement and reproducibility of the QOL assessment instruments WHOQOL-Bref and WHOQOL-Old, in paper (PV) and electronic version (EV), called WHOQOL-Bref web and WHOQOL-Old web, respectively. SUBJECTS AND METHOD A cross-sectional study was performed with 98 elderly people, separated into two groups, from Tapejara-RS, Brazil, during 2016 and 2017. The WHOQOL-bref and WHOQOL-old instruments applied in the PV and EV were answered individually. RESULTS The Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) observed in the accordance and reproducibility of the overall WHOQOL-Bref and WHOQOL-Old scores were higher than 0.90, respectively. The ICC was higher than 0.80 for most of the WHOQOL-Bref and WHOQOL domains, except for the domains Physical (WHOQOL-Bref: ICC = 0.67) and Autonomy (WHOQOL-Old: ICC = 0.78). CONCLUSION The web versions of the WHOQOL-bref and WHOQOL-old questionnaires presented good evidence of accordance and reproducibility.

OBJETIVO: Analisar a associação entre percepção de qualidade de vida (QV) e variáveis sociodemográficas em mulheres praticantes de corrida de rua.MÉTODOS: Participaram do estudo 75 mulheres (30 a 60 anos), estratificadas em dois grupos etários, todas praticantes de corrida de rua há mais de um ano e que realizavam treinamentos regularmente (± 3 vezes por semana). Na coleta de dados foi utilizado o questionário WHOQOL-bref, sendo que esses dados foram analisados em uma planilha do Excel. Análises adicionais, estatística descritiva e o teste do Quiquadrado (X2; p<0,05), foram realizadas no programa estatístico SPPS versão 21.0;RESULTADOS: O maior escore de QV foi observado para o domínio relações sociais (16,3±2,3), o menor escore foi observado para o domínio meio ambiente (15,4±1,9). A média dos escores relacionados aos quatro domínios da QV foi de 16,7 (±2,5). As mulheres participantes desse estudo atingiram escores superiores a 70% em todos os domínios da QV. As maiores prevalên...

The objective of this study was to verify students’ and teachers’ understanding of the WebCas questionnaire, which aims to assess health-related behaviors. This cross-sectional, descriptive and exploratory survey used the qualitative technique of focus groups with 24 students and 6 teachers. The students highlighted the need to include colorful drawings, to display the segmentation of the day on the computer screen, to provide small explanatory texts in the questionnaire, and to replace terms that are unusual for children. Teachers suggested the inclusion of two images, one representing the male sex and the other representing the female one, and the creation of a scale to represent the intensities of activities, such as the sensation of tiredness, represented by sweat on the skin and hair and reddened skin. This study presented important contributions provided by students and teachers that enabled a better understanding of the WebCas electronic questionnaire in its application with ...

Este estudo identificou os fatores de risco à saúde cardiovascular (FRSC) em escolares da Tríplice Fronteira: Argentina, Brasil e Paraguai. Participaram do estudo 1.183 adolescentes de ambos os sexos, e idades de 15 a 18 anos, que preencheram um questionário para identificação dos FRSC. A proporção de adolescentes com quatro ou mais FRSC foi de 65,2%. Adolescentes brasileiros do sexo masculino apresentaram maior prevalência de insuficientemente ativo (78,3%), enquanto o baixo consumo de verduras (39,4%) e o tempo excessivo em atividades sedentárias (83,1%) foram superiores nos argentinos. As adolescentes paraguaias apresentaram maior proporção de insuficientemente ativo (83,0%), enquanto o tempo excessivo em TV e mídias, o baixo consumo de frutas, o consumo de álcool e o agrupamento de quatro ou mais FRSC foram superiores nas argentinas (38,3%, 92,5%, 59,7% e 69,2%, respectivamente). Estes resultados podem contribuir para as políticas de promoção do estilo de vida saudável na Trípli...

Objetivo Identificar a prevalência de sintomas de transtornos alimentares em estudantes do sexo feminino matriculadas no ensino fundamental da rede estadual do município de Toledo (PR), bem como relacionar esses sintomas com o hábito de fumar, o uso de drogas e episódios depressivos. Métodos Foram utilizados os instrumentos Teste de Investigação Bulímica de Edimburgo, com escala de sintoma e gravidade, e o Eating Attitudes Test-26, acrescido de perguntas sobre tabagismo, uso de drogas e episódios depressivos. A amostra constituiu-se de cerca de 300 estudantes do sexo feminino, na faixa etária entre 10 e 15 anos. Resultados Os resultados demonstraram que as estudantes apresentaram prevalências de sintomas de transtornos alimentares na ordem de 4,2% para a escala Teste de Investigação Bulímica de Edimburgo e 3,6% para o Eating Attitudes Test-26. A prevalência de consumo de cigarro foi de 4,2%, do uso de drogas, 4,9% e de episódios depressivos, 10,7%. Observaram-se associações signific...

O objetivo do estudo foi identificar os motivos para a pratica de exercicio fisico de acordo com a experiencia recente de pratica em universitarios. A amostra foi constituida por 2380 sujeitos (1213 mocas e 1167 rapazes), com idades entre 18 e 35 anos. Os motivos para a pratica de exercicio fisico foram identificados por intermedio da versao traduzida para o portugues do Exercise Motivations Inventory (EMI-2). A experiencia recente de pratica foi identificada por intermedio do tempo relatado de pratica de exercicio fisico. O tratamento estatistico dos dados foi realizado mediante analise de variância multivariada e univariada, tendo como variaveis dependentes os fatores de motivacao e variaveis independentes o sexo e os estratos de experiencia de pratica de exercicio fisico (nao pratica, ? 6 meses, 6-24 meses e ? 2 anos). Os resultados revelaram efeito significativo de sexo (Wilks’ Lambda = 0,737; F(10,2369) = 84,736; p < .001) e estratos de experiencia de pratica (Wilks’ Lambda = 0.889; F(30,8954) = 29.443; p < .001) no grau de importância apontado pelos universitarios para a pratica de exercicio fisico. Motivos para a pratica de exercicio fisico associados a Condicao Fisica (F = 6,319; p < .001), Controle de Peso Corporal (F = 10,980; p < .001), Aparencia Fisica (F = 9,357; p < .001) e Competicao (F = 9,246; p < .001) receberam importância significativamente maior dos universitarios que manifestaram nao praticar ou praticar exercicio fisico ? 6 meses, enquanto os universitarios mais experientes com a pratica de exercicio fisico demonstraram significativamente maior motivacao direcionada ao Controle de Estresse (F = 4,369; p = .001), Diversao/Bem-Estar (F = 11,505; p < .001) e Afiliacao (F = 3,203; p = .012). Concluindo, as diferencas encontradas podem influenciar em sua aderencia e devem ser consideradas no delineamento de programas voltados a promocao de exercicio fisico entre os universitarios.

INTRODUCTION: The obesity is defined, according to OMS (1995), as: “a disease in which the excess of corporal fat is so accumulated that the health can be affected”. OBJECTIVE: To describe the evolution of the epidemic of the obesity in children and adolescents and the prescription of physical exercises with safety and efficiency. METHODS: Systematic revision of the literature, accomplished by bases of electronic data (Medline/PubMed, Lilacs, Ovid, Science Direct), in national newspapers no indexed, by specific search for authors, as well as, in consultations with books published in Brazil and in the World. RESULTS: 30 studies were included. Being 14 national articles, eight international articles, five national books, three international books, observing a tendency of the publications an increase in starting from 2000. Regional dissimilarity was observed in the publications with emphasis in the South and Southeast areas. CONCLUSIONS: Although the studies related to the children and adolelescents with excess of weight corporal are increasing quantitatively in Brazil and in the World, there is a lack of literature in the prescription of physical exercises for that specific group.

Modelo do estudo: Estudo descritivo correlacional de corte transversal. Objetivos: Identificar a prevalência de fatores de risco à saúde (FRS) de forma agregada em crianças de Curitiba, PR, bem como, associar os FRS agregados com as variáveis demográficas. Métodos: foram selecionadas 1054 crian- ças (7 a 10 anos) de escolas públicas e particulares de Curitiba/PR. A avaliação da prática da Atividade Física (AF) foi realizada por meio do questionário eletrônico Webdafa. A soma dos escores das categorias de AF gerou um Escore Geral de Atividade Física (EGAF: 0 a 187 pontos). Ao Webdafa foram adicionadas questões sobre o tempo de tela e horas de sono. Mediu-se também, a massa corporal e a estatura para classificação do Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC). Os dados foram categorizados em nível insuficiente de Atividade Física (EGAF < 84), tempo de tela (> 2 horas/dia), horas de sono (< 10 horas). Resultados: Entre os avaliados, 484 (45,9%) foram meninos, 548 (52%) estudavam no turno ...

Introdução: Um comportamento fisicamente ativo e a adoção de um estilo de vida saudável são de suma importância para aquisição de um bom nível de saúde física e mental. Evidências fortes apontam para os benefícios que as atividades físicas de moderada a vigorosa intensidade podem exercer sobre a saúde das pessoas. Objetivo: Portanto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi quantificar o nível de atividade física, e identificar as principais barreiras percebidas para a prática de atividades físicas dos alunos do mestrado de Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), regularmente matriculados no ano de 2004. Material e Métodos: foram estudados 25 indivíduos (13 homens e 12 mulheres), com média de idade de 29 anos (DP= 5,3). Os dados foram coletados a partir de um questionário composto de dois instrumentos previamente testados. Um para mensurar a percepção das barreiras para a prática de atividades físicas e outro para medir o nível de atividades físicas. Os dados foram an...

Introduction: Adequate sleep is an important health modulator, especially during adolescence. Objective: To systematically review the literature about association between sleep habits and regular physical activity (RPA) in adolescents. Methods: Systematic review of the literature in English and Portuguese from 01/01/2000 to 06/30/2014 in PubMed / MEDLINE, SportDiscus, Web of Science, LILACS / Portuguese, LILACS / English and Scielo databases using the descriptors "sleep", "motor activity", "physical activity" and "students". 1793 articles were found and 8 met the inclusion criteria. Results: 62.5% of the selected studies showed positive association with RPA and sleeping > 8 hours / day. In other studies, RPA was positively associated with insufficient sleep and sleepiness. Conclusions: Data regarding relationship between RPA and sleep habits in students are still weak and inconsistent and require further studies.

Modelo do estudo: Estudo descritivo correlacional de corte transversal. Objetivos: Identificar a prevalencia de fatores de risco a saude (FRS) de forma agregada em criancas de Curitiba, PR, bem como, associar os FRS agregados com as variaveis demograficas. Metodos: foram selecionadas 1054 crian- cas (7 a 10 anos) de escolas publicas e particulares de Curitiba/PR. A avaliacao da pratica da Atividade Fisica (AF) foi realizada por meio do questionario eletronico Webdafa. A soma dos escores das categorias de AF gerou um Escore Geral de Atividade Fisica (EGAF: 0 a 187 pontos). Ao Webdafa foram adicionadas questoes sobre o tempo de tela e horas de sono. Mediu-se tambem, a massa corporal e a estatura para classificacao do Indice de Massa Corporal (IMC). Os dados foram categorizados em nivel insuficiente de Atividade Fisica (EGAF 2 horas/dia), horas de sono (< 10 horas). Resultados: Entre os avaliados, 484 (45,9%) foram meninos, 548 (52%) estudavam no turno vespertino, a media de idade foi de 8,9 (±0,9) anos, peso corporal de 33,5 kg (±8,9), estatura de 1,36 m (±0,08) e IMC de 17,8 (±3,4). Apenas 5,5% (58) das criancas apresentaram um FRS, 35,1% (370) apresentaram dois FRS e 59,4% (626) apresentaram tres ou mais FRS agregados. Os FRS agregados associaram-se significativamente com as variaveis: sexo, tipo de escola e turno escolar (p< 0,05). Conclusao: observou-se elevada prevalencia de dois ou mais FRS nas criancas avaliadas e associacao destes fatores agregados com variaveis sociodemograficas.

The present study aimed to identify the exercise motives according to selected socio-demographic indicators in university students. The sample was comprised of 2,380 individuals (1,213 men and 1,167 women) aged between 18 and 35 years. The exercise motives were identified with the Portuguese-translated version of the Exercise Motivations Inventory (EMI-2). University students gave significantly greater importance to exercise for reasons identified as Disease Prevention. Factors that are less relevant in statistical language were identified in a context of motivation associated with Social Recognition and Competition. Sex, age, family economic class, experience with exercise and body weight had a significant effect on the level of importance of exercise among university students. In conclusion, the results found can contribute to the development of physical activity promotion programs and a possible reduction in the number of dropouts among university students.

The Tri-Border Region has several social and health problems among young people, however, there are no data about the overweight between adolescents. This study investigated the prevalence of overweight and associated factors in students from Tri-Border Region: Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Study participants were 1.183 students, ages from 15 to 18 years. The overweight was identified according to body mass index cut-off points proposed by the World Health Organization. The Global School-Based Student Health Survey questionnaire was used to identify sociodemographic (gender and age) and behavioral factors (physical activity outside of school, commuting to school, time watching TV and fruits, vegetables, sweet, and salty snack consumption) associated with overweight in adolescents. It was used the descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, chi-square and binary logistic regression, adopting p < 0.05. Thirteen percent of students were overweight. Boys were approximately two ti...

O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar as associações entre excesso de peso corporal, provável transtorno alimentar e distorção da imagem corporal em acadêmicos de educação física. A amostra foi formada por 229 universitários (45,6% rapazes). A imagem corporal foi analisada pelo questionário Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) e os indicadores de transtorno alimentar pelo Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). A presença de transtorno alimentar esteve associada às distorções da imagem corporal (p<0,001) e não ao estado nutricional (p=0,448). Já a distorção com a imagem corporal esteve associada tanto com o provável distúrbio alimentar (p<0,001) e com o estado nutricional (p=0,016). Os universitários com distorção da imagem corporal apresentaram uma prevalência 5,29 vezes maior (IC 95%: 2,15-13,09) de transtorno alimentar em relação ao grupo sem distorção. Os indicadores de transtorno alimentar e distorção da imagem corporal foram superiores no grupo feminino e a maior prevalência de exce...

Objetivo do estudo foi identificar motivos para prática de exercício físico em universitários de acordo com sexo, idade e condição econômica. Amostra foi constituída por 238 0 sujeitos (121 3 moças e 116 7 rapazes), com idades entre 18 e 35 anos. Motivos para prática de exercício físico foram identificados mediante versão traduzida do Exercise Motivations Inventory (EMI-2). Rapazes reportaram oferecer significativamente maior importância para prática de exercício físico em motivos identificados com Condição Física e Competição, e moças com Controle de Peso Corporal e Aparência Física. Motivos relacionados à Prevenção de Doenças, ao Controle de Peso Corporal e à Reabilitação de Saúde aumentaram significativamente com a idade. Motivos associados ao Controle de Peso Corporal e à Aparência Física receberam importância significativamente maior pelos universitários mais privilegiados economicamente. Concluindo, resultados encontrados poderão contribuir para delineamento de programas de pr...

ABSTRACT This study identified cardiovascular risk factors (CRF) in students from Tri-Border Region: Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Study participants were 1.183 adolescents of both sexes, ages from 15 to 18 years, who completed a questionnaire to identify the CRF. The proportion of adolescents with four or more CRF was 65.2%. Brazilian male adolescents had the highest prevalence of insufficiently active (78.3%), while the low consumption of vegetables (39.4%) and high time in sedentary activities (83.1%) were higher in Argentinean male adolescents. Paraguayan female adolescents had the highest proportion of insufficiently active (83.0%), while the high time in TV and media, low consumption of fruit, alcohol consumption and the clustering of four or more CRF were higher in Argentinean female adolescents (38.3%, 92.5%, 59.7% and 69.2%, respectively). These results may contribute to policies of healthy lifestyle promotion in the Tri-Border Region.

... Ms. Rosimeide Francisco Santos Legnani I ; Dr. Dartagnan Pinto Guedes II ; Ms. Elto Legnani III ; Grad. ... na universidade é considerada período crítico quanto à sua participação em programas de exercício físico e na prática habitual de atividade física (FONTES; VIANNA, 2009). ...

The Tri-Border Region has several social and health problems among young people, however, there are no data about the overweight between adolescents. This study investigated the prevalence of overweight and associated factors in students from Tri-Border Region: Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Study participants were 1.183 students, ages from 15 to 18 years. The overweight was identified according to body mass index cut-off points proposed by the World Health Organization. The Global School-Based Student Health Survey questionnaire was used to identify sociodemographic (gender and age) and behavioral factors (physical activity outside of school, commuting to school, time watching TV and fruits, vegetables, sweet, and salty snack consumption) associated with overweight in adolescents. It was used the descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, chi-square and binary logistic regression, adopting p<0,05. Thirteen percent of students were overweight. Boys were approximately two times more likely to have overweight than girls, independently of nationality. Brazilian students that realized passive commuting to school and Argentineans students with low consumption of vegetables (< 1 time/ day) were 2,2 and 2,9 times more likely to have overweight than their counterparts who performed active commuting to school and consumed vegetables daily, respectively. These results suggest that public policies to combat overweight should attention on promoting healthy lifestyle among young people from Tri-Border Region

The Tri-Border Region has several social and health problems among young people, however, there are no data about the overweight between adolescents. This study investigated the prevalence of overweight and associated factors in students from Tri-Border Region: Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Study participants were 1.183 students, ages from 15 to 18 years. The overweight was identified according to body mass index cut-off points proposed by the World Health Organization. The Global School-Based Student Health Survey questionnaire was used to identify sociodemographic (gender and age) and behavioral factors (physical activity outside of school, commuting to school, time watching TV and fruits, vegetables, sweet, and salty snack consumption) associated with overweight in adolescents. It was used the descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, chi-square and binary logistic regression, adopting p < 0.05. Thirteen percent of students were overweight. Boys were approximately two times more likely to have overweight than girls, independently of nationality. Brazilian students that realized passive commuting to school and Argentineans students with low consumption of vegetables (< 1 time/day) were 2.2 and 2.9 times more likely to have overweight than their counterparts who performed active commuting to school and consumed vegetables daily, respectively. These results suggest that public policies to combat overweight should attention on promoting healthy lifestyle among young people from Tri-Border Region.

... Kleverton Krinski I ; Hassan Mohamed Elsangedy I ; Sergio da Hora I ; Cassiano Ricardo Rech II, III ; Elto Legnani I ; Bruno Vinicius Santos I ... estudos nas regiões norte e nordeste, sendo a maioria com levantamentos transversais e amostras locais 7 . Exceção se faz ao estudo ...