LEVEL OF HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS IN SCHOOLCHILDREN IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ARARUAMA – RJ

Abstract

This monograph aims to identify risk zones at different levels of Health-Related Physical Fitness (HRPF) in schoolchildren in the municipality of Araruama. By relating this data, it is important that the Physical Education teacher at the visited school monitors the students, developing strategies to make them increasingly interested in the practice of physical activity, from the early years of life, with the intention that it continues throughout their lives, including adulthood. The sample consisted of 24 fourth-grade students from Elementary School I, divided into male and female groups, with 12 individuals in each group, aged between 9 and 10 years, from a school in the municipality of Araruama – RJ, whose population is 828 students. The BMI showed indices within the normal range for girls and a health risk zone for boys. The sit-and-reach indicator showed a healthy zone for boys and a risk zone for girls. The abdominal resistance and upper limb strength indices were within the healthy range, meaning good indices for both sexes. The value of the horizontal jump test, which relates to lower limb resistance, was considered weak for girls and good for boys, according to the PROESP-Br references. This research verified that, corroborating the Manual Projeto Esporte Brasil, the practice of school physical activities is an instrument for promoting health and physical fitness in schoolchildren.