ATIVIDADE FÍSICA, DIABETES E OBESIDADE NAS AULAS DE EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA: PERCEPÇÕES DE ESCOLARES DO 7º ANO

• Main Authors: Márcio José Ibarra Vieira, Rhenan Ferraz de Jesus, Jaqueline Copetti
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná 2014-01-01
• Series: Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte
• Subjects: Atividade física; Diabetes; Obesidade; Escolares
• Online Access: http://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/cadernoedfisica/article/view/10928/8966
• ISSN: 2318-5104; 2318-5090

This study seeks to understand how students see the triad of the physical activity, diabetes and obesity in relation to the health in school physical education classes. The study involved 15 schoolchildren of both sexes of the seventh grade of the elementary school, at a state school in the city of Alegrete (RS). It was using a questionnaire in two occasions: before and after of the pedagogical intervention with duration a total of twenty class/ hours. During the intervention period, the theoretical classes prevailed and they involve a presentation of videos and issues related with obesity, diabetes and physical activity. The results demonstrated the students didn’t show significant differences in the answers in both tests about the Diabetes. About the Obesity, the students showed a clearer concept and more consistent by the end of the period. For the risk factors associated with obesity, there was a higher concentration of responses which were related to obesity to the poor diet and to physical inactivity. Then, it was possible to identify a wider distribution in regard the different risk factors. Thus, we observed that among students there is an association between physical activity and the diseases prevention, especially diabetes and obesity.