Atividade física e sedentarismo entre profissionais de saúde

Abstract

In recent years, it has been shown that regular physical activity is associated with many physical and psychological benefits, leading to physical and mental well-being as well as reducing the risk of developing chronic diseases. Light of these studies, saw a need to assess the profile of physical activity among health professionals, since these are the instigators of regular physical activity for the population. This study aimed to evaluate the habits of physical activity and sedentary members of healthcare professionals from the Centers for Family Health in Fortaleza, to identify the prevalence of sedentary, the profile of habitual physical activities and factors that hinder physical activity. Data collection occurred at the Centers for Family Health (CSF), through self-completion questionnaire which was attended by 69 health professionals. Showed enough physical activity, 59.4 % of respondents, with the weight training and hiking activities are preferable. Regarding the classification of BMI, 44.9 % are in the healthy range. Most professionals are married, have children, and other occupations outside the CSF. As to the social habits, 87 % never smoked, 60.9 % not drink and 53.7 % do self - rated their health status as good. Among practitioners of physical activity in adolescence, 61.4 % remained physically active. All professionals stated that physical activity is important, even those who do not. We conclude that, even having a high workload, health professionals are physically active, making it able to encourage people to the practice of physical activity. After all, they have already adopted this strategy.