RESUMOObjetivou-se investigar a satisfação com a imagem corporal e os fatores associados em acadêmicos ingressantes em cursos de Educação Física. Participaram 149 acadêmicos (88 rapazes e 61 moças) ingressantes em cursos de Educação Física de uma universidade pública de Florianópolis/SC. Foram coletadas informações sociodemográficas (sexo, idade, estado civil e nível econômico), antropométricas (massa corporal e estatura) e relacionadas à imagem corporal (escala de silhuetas). Observou-se elevada proporção de acadêmicos insatisfeitos com a imagem corporal (79,2%), havendo maior insatisfação pelo excesso de peso (53,0%). Os rapazes apontaram as silhuetas 4 e 5 como ideais (78,4%), enquanto as moças preferiram as silhuetas 3 e 4 (75,4%). As moças e os acadêmicos com excesso de peso apresentaram, respectivamente, três e 14 vezes mais chances de insatisfação pelo excesso de peso quando comparados aos rapazes e eutróficos. A maioria dos acadêmicos mostrou-se insatisfeita com a imagem corporal, havendo associação com sexo e status do peso. Palavras INTRODUÇÃOO conceito de imagem corporal abrange a maneira com que o indivíduo percebe o próprio corpo, levando em consideração suas partes constituintes, assim como os sentimentos relacionados à essas características. Pode ser subdividida em duas dimensões: a perceptiva, que se trata da ilustração do corpo construída na mente, e a atitudinal, que se refere aos sentimentos, pensamentos e ações em relação à imagem do corpo (SLADE, 1994). O processo para a formação da imagem corporal pode ser influenciado por aspectos intrínsecos ao indivíduo, como sexo e idade, e extrínsecos, como os valores inseridos em determinada cultura (ALVES et al., 2009), os meios de comunicação (MUSAIGER; AL-MANNAI, 2014), a percepção de familiares e amigos (WASYLKIW; WILLIAMSON, 2013), além de fatores cognitivos e afetivos relacionados às experiências corporais (ZANETTI et al., 2013).

This study investigated the accuracy and precision of the Accutrend Plus system to determine blood glucose, total cholesterol, and plasma triglycerides in adults and evaluated its efficiency in measuring these blood variables. The sample consisted of 53 subjects (≥ 18 years). For blood variable laboratory determination, venous blood samples were collected and processed in a Labmax 240 analyzer. To measure blood variables with the Accutrend Plus system, samples of capillary blood were collected. In the analysis, the following tests were included: Wilcoxon and Student's t-tests for paired samples, Lin's concordance coefficient, Bland-Altman method, receiver operating characteristic curve, McNemar test, and k statistics. The results show that the Accutrend Plus system provided significantly higher values (p ≤ .05) of glucose and triglycerides but not of total cholesterol (p > .05) as compared to the values determined in the laboratory. However, the system showed good reproducibility (Lin's coefficient: glucose = .958, triglycerides = .992, total cholesterol = .940) and high concordance with the laboratory method (Lin's coefficient: glucose = .952, triglycerides = .990, total cholesterol = .944) and high sensitivity (glucose = 80.0%, triglycerides = 90.5%, total cholesterol = 84.4%) and specificity (glucose = 100.0%, triglycerides = 96.9%, total cholesterol = 95.2%) in the discrimination of high values of the three blood variables analyzed. It could be concluded that despite the tendency to overestimate glucose and triglyceride levels, a portable multi-analyzer is a valid alternative for the monitoring of metabolic disorders and cardiovascular risk factors.

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of body image perception and its association with anthropometric indicators (body mass index, waist circumference, waist-height ratio, and conicity index) in women undergoing cervical cancer screening at an institution in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. The study included 736 women (≥ 18 years). Anthropometric variables (weight, height, waist circumference) were collected for the determination of body mass index, waist-height ratio, and conicity index. Body image perception was evaluated using a nine-body silhouette scale. The prevalence of body image dissatisfaction was 73% (dissatisfaction due to excess weight = 67.4%; dissatisfaction due to thinness = 5.6%). Overweight women (PR=1.34; 95%CI=1.23-2.49, p<0.001) and women with an inadequate conicity index (PR=1.12; 95%CI =1.02-1.24, p=0.016) presented a higher prevalence of body image dissatisfaction. The prevalence of body image dissatisfaction is high and the proportion of inadequate anthropometric indicators requires attention. Moreover, body dissatisfaction was more prevalent among overweight women and women with an inadequate conicity index. These results indicate the need for interventions and for the implementation of programs designed to control body weight and to reduce cardiovascular risk factors and body image dissatisfaction in women attending primary health care centers, such as cancer screening services.

The aging process is continuous and irreversible and is characterized by physiological and structural alterations and changes in body composition. The aim of this study was to report anthropometric reference values for community-dwelling older adults from northeastern Brazilaccording to gender and age group. This cross-sectional study used data from an epidemiological population-based study involving 316 older adults. The following measures and anthropometric indicators were evaluated: weight, height, body mass index (BMI), triceps skinfold (TSF), waist circumference, arm circumference, calf circumference, and arm muscle circumference (AMC). All data are reported as means, standard deviations, and percentiles. Comparisons between age groups were performed using one-way ANOVA. The study included 173 women (54.7%) and 143 men (45.3%). Body weight and BMI were higher in younger women (60-64 years) compared to older ones (80 years or older). Arm circumference, TSF and AMC were lower in women aged ≥ 75 years compared to women aged 60-64 years. For men, arm circumference and AMC were lower in the oldest age group (≥ 80 years) compared to the youngest group (60 to 74 years). These differences were significant. The present study indicates that changes in body measures occur differently between genders with advancing age. The reduction in muscle mass and body fat is more prominent in women than in men and anthropometric changes are more noticeable in the older age group.

Abstract-Observations showed us that high school Physics has been shown in a dogmatic, traditional and verbalistic way, this passivity added to the verbiage of the traditional teacher generates the lack of correlation of physical concepts by students, causing them to disinterest. In order to tackle these problems, we apply the method of problems that was created by Dewey, that show results once that "change and contingency are genetic traits of reality, life constantly presents problems that require investigation. Consequently, what method would be most appropriate teaching method than the famous problem of Dewey?" (BRUBACHER, 1978, p. 295).Keywords-Method of Problems, Teaching Physics, Reflective Thinking.Resumo-Observações nos mostraram que a física do ensino médio vem sendo mostrada de forma dogmática, tradicional e verbalista, que somada à passividade e a verborreia do professor tradicional gera a falta de correlação dos conceitos físicos pelos alunos, levando-os ao desinteresse. Visando sanar estes problemas, aplicamos o método de problemas criado por Dewey, onde houve resultados, pois "a mudança e a contingência são traços genéticos da realidade, a vida apresenta, constantemente, problemas que necessitam de investigação. Em consequência, que método poderia ser mais apropriado ao ensino que o célebre método do problema de Dewey?" (BRUBACHER, 1978, p. 295).Palavras-chave-Método de Problemas, Ensino de Física, Pensamento reflexivo.