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Volume 9
Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy
ISSN: 2165-7904
JOINT EVENT
Childhood Obesity 2019
Diabetes Conference 2019
March 18-19, 2019
&
3
rd
World Congress on
Diabetes and Obesity
12
th
International Conferences on
Childhood Obesity and Nutrition
March 18-19, 2019 | Rome, Italy
The level of physical activity, sedentary time and obesity in children and adolescents: What is the evidence
in this game?
Arli Ramos de Oliveira
State University of Londrina, Brazil
T
he purpose of this study was to discuss the relationship between physical activity, sedentary time and obesity in
children and adolescents. The presentation intends to bring about the different factors that can affect children
and adolescents´ health. The influence of physical activity, the level of physical activity, the screen time, and the
objectively measure instruments to assess physical activity. Hence, to present some studies developed in Brazil by
different graduate programs and researchers related to the state of art of these variables. For such it becomes relevant
to point out the need for more longitudinal studies and ecological validity evidence. The childhood and adolescent
period of development might be affected for this intriguing and multifactorial relationship between physical activity,
sedentary time and obesity, increasing the probability to be committed by non-transmissible chronic diseases later
in life such as Diabetes Type II, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and some types of cancer. Social and cultural
factors also seem to develop a key role to promote and develop favorable perceptions about physical activity in this
period of development which seems through an active lifestyle to increase the chance to adherence that can affect
health across life span.
J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2019, Volume 9
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-091