Associação entre comportamento sedentário, nível de atividade física e adiposidade corporal em servidores e discentes da UFJF Campus GV, durante a pandemia da Covid-19

Abstract

Sedentary behavior, along with poor diet and low level of physical activity, has been associated with many public health problems. This work aims to assess how sedentary behavior can be associated with indicators of body adiposity, stratified by physical activity level, active or inactive, during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is an observational, cross-sectional study. The selection of the sample was by free demand, from wide dissemination to the academic community belonging to the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, campus Governador Valadares, of both sexes, aged between 18 and 59 years. Anthropometric, sociodemographic, behavioral factors were evaluated, such as sedentary behavior, level of physical activity and nutritional status. After data collection, normality was tested using the Shapito-Wilk test. Then, the descriptive analysis was performed and Pearson's correlation was calculated. The level of significance adopted was ≥ 0.05. 31 people were evaluated, with an average age of 29 years, 19 of whom were female. A correlation was also found between sedentary behavior time and BMI in active men and women, that is, those who reach the recommended physical activity during the week, in addition to the relationship between sedentary behavior and the percentage of fat in women, together with a very low score of the healthy diet for both sexes. It was concluded in the present study, which is suggesting the existence of a relationship between sedentary behavior and indicators of body adiposity.