Health related physical fitness on children in a public school in Campo Grande/MS - DOI: 10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v8i1.7771

Abstract

The lack of physical ability is strongly associated to the hypokinetic diseases predisposition, which often results in deaths. Considering that, as soon as these problems are diagnosed, greater are the possibilities of prevention and intervention. The aim of this study was to analyze the level of health related to physical ability (HRPA) on children aged from 7 to 10 and the differences between the sexes. The sample was a group of 280 scholars, 157 girls and 123 boys. The health related physical ability (HRPA) was evaluated through the measures of Body Mass Index (BMI), abdominal strength/resistance and flexibility, classifying the results as “low”, “on” and “over” the Body Mass Health Zone (BMHZ) and the Physical Ability Health Zone (PAHZ). Although most of the children analyzed were on BMHZ and PAHZ, a large group of scholars were on the “over” zone showing an excess of body mass - overweight and obese (33.24%) and low on abdominal strength/resistance PAHZ (23.83%) in both sexes. It could be concluded that, except for the flexibility, the results were not satisfactory, and strategies should be developed in order to reach the health zone and reduce the health risks.