PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF MOTHERS AND SCHOOL WITH WEIGHT EXCESS AND OBESITY

Abstract

Objective: Verify the level of physical activity of mothers and children with overweight or obesity of the Latin American biggest public school, located in Florianópolis - SC. Method: This was a cross-sectional study with 214 participants, 107 students and their mothers. The variables used were: BMI of both, assessing obesity and overweight and those which instruments record the physical activity level of mothers and children (IPAC-short and DAFA). For data analysis were used descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: We identified that both students of both sexes are mostly in the 2nd third, 41% of boys and 38.4% girls, 61.6% of mothers with obesity are insufficiently active. In the age stratum, 24.29% of schoolchildren between 10 and 14 years are in the middle third and 39.2% of younger mothers were classified as insufficiently active. Conclusion: School children of both sexes are considered active, the obese mothers are considered insufficiently active and obese students are more active than children with overweight.