Daily habits associated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases in physical education academics of a private institution of vitória da conquista- Bahia
International Journal of Development Research
Daily habits associated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases in physical education academics of a private institution of vitória da conquista- Bahia
Received 18th March, 2018; Received in revised form 26th April, 2018; Accepted 14th May, 2018; Published online 30th June, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Yago Cardoso Gusmão et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the lifestyle and its relationship with demographic characteristics, risk behaviors and health conditions in university students of the Physical Education course of the Faculty of Technology and Sciences of Vitória da Conquista - BA. Methods: Epidemiological, transversal and observational study, with field research procedure. The data were collected by means of a questionnaire and soon afterwards an anthropometric evaluation was carried out, with the aid of a stadiometer, an anthropometric test and a balance. The entire procedure was carried out in the Faculty of Technology and Sciences, with the students of the Physical Education course in October 2016, with the participation of 100 people / students of the institution who were properly enrolled. Results: The results showed that the students have an active lifestyle, do not have a habit of smoking, moderate consumption of alcohol and show good standard of food, but with some caveats. Conclusions: Related to the main risk identification markers, show that the majority of the students of the institution that has been investigated are out of danger with regard to cardiovascular diseases.
