Níveis de comportamento sedentário em escolares do fundamental II

Abstract

This study addresses the levels of sedentary behavior in elementary school students from a public school in São João dos Pasto-MA. A quantitative and descriptive field research in the school itself with students from the 7th to the 9th grade, aged between 12 and 14 years, of both sexes, were evaluated through the QASA questionnaire - Brazilian version of the ASAQ. This questionnaire contains thirteen validated questions about the sedentary activities that students perform during the week and on weekends. The study involved 29 students who met the inclusion criterion, with the objective of analyzing the levels of sedentary behavior of these students and their implications. Most of these students' time is in front of screens, which corresponds to 31:25 of the time during the week and 6:17 on weekends, thus being their greatest sedentary behavior, lagging behind occupation time in idling with 18.5%. Thus, it was observed that a sedentary lifestyle in the, they have a great significant concern, as most of the time is in front of screens or in a sitting position, so the prevalence of sedentary behavior is high