Health-related physical fitness and sociodemographic factors: a study with schoolchildren from Santa Cruz do Sul - RS | Zendy

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Health-related physical fitness and sociodemographic factors: a study with schoolchildren from Santa Cruz do Sul - RS

Author(s) -

Cézane Priscila Reuter,

Rodrigo Doern,

Cristiane Fernanda da Silva,

Kelin Cristina Marques,

Letícia Welser,

Rafaela da Silva,

Sonimar de Souza,

Priscila Tatiana da Silva,

Miria Suzana Burgos

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

cinergis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2177-4005

pISSN - 1519-2512

DOI - 10.17058/cinergis.v17i2.7780

Subject(s) - cardiorespiratory fitness , physical fitness , body mass index , flexibility (engineering) , demography , physical activity , gerontology , cross sectional study , environmental health , medicine , physical therapy , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology

The present cross-sectional study aims to verify a possible association between health-related physical fitness indicators and sociodemographic factors in schoolchildren of Santa Cruz do Sul - RS. The subjects investigated were 1,254 schoolchildren (686 females) aged between 7 and 17 years from rural and urban schools. Evaluation of children’s and adolescents’ physical fitness and health was performed by the following tests (recommended by Sport Brazil Project): abdominal resistance, flexibility, body mass index (BMI) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). The results show, with respect to flexibility, that being within a health risk zone is more prevalent among male students (PR: 1.15; p

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