Investigation of anthropometric profile of practiitioners of walking and running

Abstract

Although obesity is ancient, in the current century it seems that an increasing concern with such disease is more present, perhaps due to the lack of studies that could in that time correlate it with the hazard to health, so being fat was healthy. This research aimsto design the fat profile of people who exercise with walks in public squares, from 18-90 years-old, independently from gender. The research is a profile, standard, type, descriptive, correlational study and data collection was accomplished from the application of a survey and a “Physical Evaluation Chart”. Sample was composed of 206 subjects who practiced regular walk/jogging in public squares of Fortaleza, at 6 A.M. to 9 A.M.. The study shows that 41.7% of the sample have mild obesity or overweight and that 15.1% have moderate obesity. The health risk factor measured from abdominal circumference detected a very increased risk (37.4%) and an increased risk (28.2%). In contrast with waist-t-hip ratio, the study found a very high risk (38.8%) and a high risk(31.1%). Cutaneous adiposity profile was 24.8% classified as very bad and 21.8% as bad. Results show a prevalence of mild obesity and overweight among individuals who practice walking/jogging, with very increased health risk. In contrast with waist-t-hip ratio, the study found very high risk. Cutaneous adiposity percentile was classified as very bad.