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atividade física no deslocamento à escola e no tempo livre em crianças e adolescentes da cidade de João Pessoa, PB, Brasil

2008; UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA; Volume: 15; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.18511/rbcm.v15i3.761

2237-9002

Kelly Samara da Silva, Adair da Silva Lopes, Francisco Martins da Silva,

Children's Physical and Motor Development

The aim of this study was to describe and associated the displacement form until the school and the physical activity in the free time for the students. The study sample comprised 1,570 schoolchildren (808 male, 762 female) aged 7 to 12 years from Joao Pessoa, PB. The students answered three questions about way of among to school and the expended time spent, and the most physical activity in leisure time. Statistical analyses were proportion ratio test, qui-square and Poisson regression. Among the students, 70% walked or cycled to school and more than 50% were inactive in the leisure time. The possibility to use passive transport (auto- mobile) was 60% greater in students who lived more than 20 minutes busy from school when compared to those who lived by less than 10 minutes, and it was eleven times greater for stu- dents of private schools than for public schools. No association between activities leisure time and the means of transportation. It was concludes that almost one third of the students dislo- cated passively to school and more than half sedentary activities in leisure time. It is suggested implementation of strategies a join effort among sports, health, education and transportation sectors are needed in order to evoke behavior changes to more active lifestyles.