Niveles de actividad física en docentes y administrativos de diferentes centros educativos en latinoamérica: una revisión sistemática.

Abstract

Introduction: According to the WHO (World Health Organization), a sedentary lifestyle, or physical inactivity, constitutes one of the 10 fundamental causes of mortality, morbidity, and disability. It also represents the second most important risk factor for poor health, after smoking worldwide. Objective: establish the prevalence of physical inactivity in teachers and administrators of different educational centers through the consulted scientific literature. Materials and Methods: a systematic review was performed in which 111 articles were analyzed by electronic search in databases. After analysis, 32 articles were selected that met the inclusion criteria. Results: The country that contributed the most studies regarding the prevalence of PI (Physical Inactivity) among primary and secondary teachers was Brazil with 70%. In most of the studies it was possible to show that the people surveyed were in an age range of 20 to 61 years. It is identified that in 46% of the studies the target population exceeds 50% prevalence of physical inactivity. Conclusions: The analysis of the data shows high rates of physical inactivity in the study population, far from reaching the optimal levels for health recommended by the WHO, it is imperative to establish means of intervention in this professional group in the area of education, seeking to enable the positive effects in modifying this behavior as a risk factor.