Ensino da associação entre inatividade física e doenças e agravos não-transmissíveis nas aulas de Educação Física

O estudo identificou a prevalencia, entre os docentes de Educacao Fisica do ensino basico da zona urbana de Pelotas/RS, aqueles que relacionavam a inatividade fisica (IF) com doencas e agravos nao transmissiveis (DANTs) durante as aulas; alem disto, foi verificado o momento da aula utilizado e o tempo destinado ao conteudo. Utilizou-se um questionario padronizado contendo questoes sobre a relacao entre IF e DANTs, informacoes sobre aspectos demograficos, socioeconomicos, tempo de carreira, horas de trabalho semanais e nivel de atividade fisica. Responderam ao censo 188 docentes. Apesar do elevado percentual de professores que relataram ensinar pelo menos uma associacao entre IF e DANTs (82,8%), sendo a obesidade (84,7%) a doenca mais relacionada, somente 17,3% ensinavam a relacao com câncer, 33% abordavam a associacao com osteoporose e 11% dos docentes relataram ensinar as associacoes com todas as DANTs. Em relacao a obesidade, a faixa etaria mais jovem (19-30 anos) era a que menos ensina sobre a associacao (p The study was conducted with physical education teachers from elementary and high schools in the urban area of Pelotas, southern Brazil, and identified the prevalence of those who taught the association of physical inactivity (PI) with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) during their classes. In addition, the moment when the content was discussed in the class and the length of time used for that purpose were investigated. We used a standardized questionnaire containing questions about the relationship between PI and NCDs, as well as information on demographic and socioeconomic aspects, career time, weekly labor hours and physical activity level. Overall, 188 teachers answered the census. Despite the high percentage of teachers who reported teaching at least one association between PI and NCDs (82.8%), obesity being the disease most frequently mentioned (84.7%), only 17.3% taught the association with cancer, 33% with osteoporosis and 11% of the teachers reported teaching the associations with all NCDs. As for obesity, the youngest age group (19-30 years) was the one that taught this association least frequently (p