Factors that interfere with total physical inactivity in overweight women

Fernanda Carneiro Mussi,Flávia Silva Ferreira,Ana Carla Carvalho Coelho,Carlos Antônio De Souza Teles Santos,Cátia Suely Palmeira,Francisco José Gondim Pitanga,Taise Santos Do Nascimento

doi:10.15253/2175-6783.20212261717

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https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.20212261717

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Objective: to investigate the variables that interfere with total physical inactivity in overweight women. Methods: cross-sectional research that collected sociodemographic data, self-perceived health, self-efficacy for physical activity, weight, and height in 142 women. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire was used to evaluate physical activity. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. A 5% statistical significance level was adopted. Results: the prevalence of total physical inactivity was 34.5%. A significant association between total physical inactivity and age was found in the bivariate analysis. In the multivariate analysis, only women with regular and poor self-perceived health showed an increase of 124% and 150%, respectively, of total physical inactivity. Conclusion: physical inactivity was associated with regular and poor self-perception of health, being a health parameter for the development of health promotion policies and actions.

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Objective: to investigate the variables that interfere with total physical inactivity in overweight women
A significant association between total physical inactivity and age was found in the bivariate analysis
Only women with regular and poor self-perceived health showed an increase of 124% and 150%, respectively, of total physical inactivity

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Objective: to investigate the variables that interfere with total physical inactivity in overweight women. Entretanto, estudos sobre fatores associados ao nível de atividade física em mulheres com sobrepeso e obesidade são escassos. Não foram encontrados estudos atuais que avaliaram os fatores associados ao nível insuficiente de atividade física total, especificamente em mulheres com excesso de peso, na literatura nacional e internacional, mesmo sabendo que a inatividade física é mais frequente no sexo feminino e que a atividade física é um ponto crítico no combate aos efeitos adversos da obesidade, reconhecida como problema de saúde pública mundial[1].

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