Luciana Pereira Miranda, Duarte Henriques-Neto, Francisney Izidio Leitão, Alex Barreto de Lima
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Abstract
Background
Physical fitness is an indicator of health in young populations. The aim of this study was to assess the health profile of adolescents living in the interior of the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Methods
The sample consisted of 1332 adolescents (701 girls) aged between 10 and 15 years. Body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio were the attributes used to assess anthropometric markers of body size. Physical fitness tests from the PROESP-Br battery were used to assess muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness.
Results
The results indicate high prevalences of overweight and obesity, with 25% for boys and 23.1% for girls. In addition, around 50% of the adolescents had insufficient levels of cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength. Boys showed a higher prevalence of a healthy risk profile in the different physical fitness tests in all municipalities.
Conclusions
The results of this research are fundamental for the specific development of policies and strategies to promote health in young people with these social and geographical characteristics. The assessment of physical fitness in a school context can contribute to the development of public health policies for these populations, especially in communities with low economic resources.
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The American Journal of Human Biology is the Official Journal of the Human Biology Association.
The American Journal of Human Biology is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed, internationally circulated journal that publishes reports of original research, theoretical articles and timely reviews, and brief communications in the interdisciplinary field of human biology. As the official journal of the Human Biology Association, the Journal also publishes abstracts of research presented at its annual scientific meeting and book reviews relevant to the field.
The Journal seeks scholarly manuscripts that address all aspects of human biology, health, and disease, particularly those that stress comparative, developmental, ecological, or evolutionary perspectives. The transdisciplinary areas covered in the Journal include, but are not limited to, epidemiology, genetic variation, population biology and demography, physiology, anatomy, nutrition, growth and aging, physical performance, physical activity and fitness, ecology, and evolution, along with their interactions. The Journal publishes basic, applied, and methodologically oriented research from all areas, including measurement, analytical techniques and strategies, and computer applications in human biology.
Like many other biologically oriented disciplines, the field of human biology has undergone considerable growth and diversification in recent years, and the expansion of the aims and scope of the Journal is a reflection of this growth and membership diversification.
The Journal is committed to prompt review, and priority publication is given to manuscripts with novel or timely findings, and to manuscripts of unusual interest.
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