OBJECTIVE To evaluate if perceived occupational factors are associated with insufficient free-time physical activity in Brazilian public school teachers.METHODS The relationship between insufficient physical activity (< 150 minutes/week) and variables related to work was analyzed in 978 elementary and high school teachers calculating the prevalence ratio (PR) and 95% confidence interval (95%CI) in Poisson regression models, adjusted for sociodemographic and health variables.RESULTS The prevalence of insufficient physical activity was 71.9%, and this condition was associated independently with the perception of bad or regular balance between personal and professional life (PR = 1.09; 95%CI 1.01–1.18), perception that standing time affects the work (PR = 1.16; 95%CI 1.01–1.34), low or very low perception of current ability for the physical requirements of work (PR = 1.21; 95%CI 1.08–1.35), and temporary employment contract (PR = 1.13; 95%CI 1.03–1.25). The teaching of physical education was associated with lower prevalence of insufficient physical activity (PR = 0.78; 95%CI 0.64–0.95).CONCLUSIONS The perception of adverse working conditions is associated with increased prevalence of insufficient physical activity in teachers and should be considered for the promotion of physical activity in this population.

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Chronic pain (CP) is a public health problem with harmful social and individual effects, and its relationships with physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviors are unclear. This study examined the relationship between CP and PA and time spent watching television as an indicator of leisure time sedentary behavior, and explored the effects of major confounding factors. The information was obtained between 2012 and 2013 from individual interviews with 943 teachers from public schools in Londrina, Brazil. Statistical analysis was performed in 2014 using a logistic regression model adjusted for sociodemographic, lifestyle, depression, and working conditions variables. The prevalence of CP was 31.9%. No statistically significant association was observed between PA and CP. In the adjusted analyses, CP was associated with time > 60 minutes/day spent watching television (odds ratio [OR] = 1.39, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.03, 1.89) on weekdays. In analyses stratified according to body areas affected by CP, only pain in the lower limbs was associated with more time watching television (OR = 1.62, 95% CI 1.06, 2.47). Watching television on a weekday for > 60 minutes is a sedentary behavior associated with a greater likelihood of teachers having chronic pain, especially in the lower limbs. This association was observed independently of the main confounders such as sex, age, leisure time physical activity, depression and working conditions.

O objetivo deste ensaio foi apresentar uma proposta de síntese para a atuação do profissional de Educação Física (PEF) no contexto da Atenção Básica à Saúde (ABS) do Brasil. São apresentadas 15 itens, elaborados a partir de experiências vivenciadas no campo de atuação pelos autores, bem como na literatura. Posteriormente, a clareza e pertinência dos itens foram avaliadas por 33 PEF de nove diferentes municípios brasileiros que atuavam ou tinham atuado anteriormente na ABS. Apesar de os itens apresentados não terem o objetivo de competir ou substituir as diretrizes do Ministério da Saúde ou das secretarias estaduais ou municipais, espera-se que possam ser úteis para os PEF que atuam na ABS, bem como para a formação dos PEF que pretendem atuar neste contexto.

Objective: To analyze and compare the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in scholars from different socio-economic status. Methods: A total of 1021 children and adolescents were evaluated. Weight, height, waist circumference and blood pressure were measured. Both physical activity practice and socio-economic status (low and high) were reported. Results were analyzed through frequencies of variables and the chi-square test. Results: A lower prevalence of physical inactivity (p<0.001) and higher prevalence of abdominal obesity (p=0.038) and overweight (p=0.010) were observed in the sample from high socio-economic status. No differences regarding elevated blood pressure were observed in those from low and high socio-economic status. When the cardiovascular risk factors were aggregated, the prevalence of one or two factors was also higher among the subjects from high socio-economic status. Conclusion: With the exception of physical inactivity and elevated blood pressure, the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors was higher in those from high socio-economic status.