Background: Very few studies have comprehensively analyzed the physical activity of children and adolescents in Brazil. The purpose of this article is to show the methodology and summarize findings from the first Brazilian Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.
Methods: Three Brazilian research institutions coordinated the activities to develop the Brazilian 2016 Report Card.
Rev Salud Publica (Bogota)
October 2016
Objective: It has been observed during recent decades that a large percentage of the population has an inadequate lifestyle and that there is a need for identifying factors determining such behavior pattern. This study was thus aimed at determining the association between lifestyle and sociodemographic variables of freshmen attending a state university in southern Brazil.
Methods: The sample consisted of 716 students (59.