Nycolle Martins Reis

Prevalência de atividade física em mulheres

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of physical activity (PA) in women from Florianopolis–SC. Methods: Quantitative cross-sectional study conducted from 2012 to 2013 with 400 women aged 20-59 years in the urban area of the city of Florianopolis. A selfadministered questionnaire containing data on demographics, weight and height was used. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was applied. ANOVA was used to compare physical activity variables and the chi-squared test was used to compare the levels of physical activity (insufficiently active, active and very active). Significance level was set at 5% (p<0.05). Results: Approximately 58-76% of the women were considered sufficiently active, with a prevalence of moderate physical activity in all age groups, particularly at age 46-59 years (74 min/d). In all, 58.7% (n=232) of the women live with their partners, 81.8% (n=327) have a higher education degree, 74.5% (n=298) belong to socioeconomic class B, 46.8% (n=187) do not have children, and 74% (n=296) have normal weight. However, such variables do not seem to influence the practice of PA. Conclusion: The great number of very active women is highlighted and moderate physical activity is the most prevalent in all age groups. Therefore, they meet the recommendations for physical activity established by health agencies. doi: 10.5020/18061230.2014.p533

Melhora dos sintomas do climatério por meio da atividade física: uma revisão sistemática

Objetivo: Avaliar a qualidade de vida e a importância da atividade fisica na melhora dos sintomas do climaterio nas mulheres entre 45 a 65 anos de idade. Metodos: Trata-se de uma revisao sistematica, cuja estrategia de busca utilizada em cada base de dados e biblioteca eletronica PubMed/Medline, Lilacs e Scielo “menopause” OR “climacteric” AND “physical activity” AND “quality of life”, nos idiomas ingles, portugues e espanhol entre 2005 e 2015. Foram excluidos os estudos de monografias, teses, dissertacoes, resumos, revisoes sistematicas e artigos de opiniao. Resultados: Foram encontrados 231 artigos, destes foram selecionados 8 artigos que se encaixaram nos criterios inclusao/exclusao. Os estudos analisados verificaram o efeito da atividade fisica na melhora dos sintomas do climaterio e melhora da qualidade de vida. Conclusao: A atividade fisica influencia na melhora dos sintomas do climaterio e melhoram a estabilidade psicologica e a autoestima, relacionados a qualidade de vida.

STUDY OF BODY IMAGE IN PROFESSIONAL DANCERS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

ABSTRACT Body image is multidimensional, dynamic, and entirely linked to the body in motion, which entails relevant bodily concerns in the routine of professional dancers, who need to maintain their body aesthetics constantly. The objective was summarizing the scientific production on the body image of professional dancers and to understand how they perceive it. This review is composed by seven studies that investigated professional dancers of classical ballet, jazz and contemporary dance. The results demonstrate that even though they are lean and had appropriate body mass index, professional dancers are dissatisfied with their body and wish to be thinner, that is, professional dancers constitute a risk group for the development of eating disorders.Keywords: dancing; body image; feeding and eating disorders. RESUMO A imagem corporal e multidimensional, dinâmica e totalmente vinculada ao corpo em movimento, o que acarreta preocupacoes corporais relevantes na rotina de bailarinos profissionais, que precisam manter a estetica corporal constan -temente. Objetivou-se resumir a producao cientifica sobre a imagem corporal de bailarinos profissionais e compreender como eles a percebem. Esta revisao e composta por sete estudos que investigaram bailarinos profissionais das modalidades de bale classico, jazz e danca contemporânea. Os resultados demonstram que, mesmo sendo magros e tendo indice de massa corporal adequado, os bailarinos profissionais estao insatisfeitos com seu corpo e desejam ser mais magros, ou seja, bailarinos profissionais constituem um grupo de risco de desenvolvimento de transtornos alimentares.Descritores: danca; imagem corporal; transtornos da alimentacao e da ingestao de alimentos.