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0273/2015 - Practice of physical activity among youththe semiarid region of Brazil.
Prática de atividade física entre jovens em município do semiárido no Brasil.

Author:

• Samuel de Carvalho Dumith - Dumith, S.C. - Rio Grande - FURG - <scdumith@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5994-735X

Co-author(s):

• Marcio dos Santos - dos Santos, Marcio - xxxx - <marcioneres@hotmail.com>
• Lisiane Ortiz Teixeira - Teixeira, Lisiane Ortiz - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Faculdade de Medicina - <lisiane_ortiz@yahoo.com.br>
• Cristine Cazeiro - Cazeiro, Cristine - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Faculdade de Medicina - <ccoelhoc@yahoo.com.br>
• Sheynara Mazza - Mazza, Sheynara - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Faculdade de Medicina - <sheynaraemi@hotmail.com>
• Juraci Cesar - Cesar, J - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Faculdade de Medicina - <juraci.a.cesar@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0864-0486

Thematic Area:

Epidemiologia

Abstract:

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of physical activity among young people and to analyze its association with demographic, socioeconomic and behavioral characteristics. All subjects aged 13 to19 years old living in the city of Caracol, Piauí, Brazil, were studied, adding up 1,112 individuals. Data collection was done through household interviews using a standardized questionnaire. The dependent variable was the practice of physical activity in a typical week. It was considered physically active youth who performed moderate-to-vigorous-physical activity with at least one hour every day of the week. The prevalence of youth physically active was 12.6% (95% CI 10.6 to 14.5), being higher in males (20.3%; 95%CI 16.8 to 23.7) and those in the upper tertile of variable rate assets (16.5; 95%CI 12.7 to 20.3), and inversely related to age. Among males, the black were more active (32.3%; 95%CI 14.9 to 49.7); among girls, those of white skin color (12.7%; 95%CI 5.2 to 20.2). The prevalence of physical activity was low in this population, particularly in females (5.9%; 95%CI 4.0 to 7.8), older young and in those poorer teenagers

Keywords:

Motor activityAdolescentPrevalenceRisk factorsEpidemiology

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Dumith, S.C., dos Santos, Marcio, Teixeira, Lisiane Ortiz, Cazeiro, Cristine, Mazza, Sheynara, Cesar, J. Practice of physical activity among youththe semiarid region of Brazil.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2015/Sep). [Citado em 28/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/practice-of-physical-activity-among-youththe-semiarid-region-of-brazil/15346?id=15346&id=15346



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