Estilo de vida de universitários de educação física da universidade federal do Ceará.

Abstract

In Brazil, basic education is compulsory for people between the ages of 4 and 17, organized in elementary and secondary education. In the case of university students, the approximate study time is 17 years. Taking into account that the position used to study, it is perceived that it is a Sedentary Behavior. Thus, the objective of this study is to analyze the lifestyle and the time in sedentary behavior of university students of the Physical Education course of the Federal University of Ceará. This is a cross-sectional, observational study in which the participant had to answer two questionnaires: QSB (sedentary behavior) and FANTASTICO (lifestyle). With a total sample of 155 people, the mean age was 21.84 ± 3.5 years. As for the university students' lifestyle, measured by means of the FANTASTICO questionnaire, a higher prevalence was obtained in the "Very Good" classification (49.0%). The time spent in sedentary behavior was 3.26 ± 1.52 hours day, rising to 6.58 ± 2.98 h / d at the weekend (p = 0.000). Although there was no significant difference between association of the classification of the lifestyle in the different conditions of period in CS, the classification "Excellent" obtained a shorter time spent in CS and the worse classification (Regular) obtained a larger average of time during the week (2 , 59 ± 1.65 vs 3.77 ± 1.66). However, it can be concluded that the academics of the Physical Education course linked to the Institute of Physical Education and Sports of the Federal University of Ceará have low time in sedentary behavior, as well as have a satisfactory lifestyle. And, although there is no significant association, people with less time in sedentary behavior have better status in the lifestyle.