Actividad física y comportamiento sedentario en niños y jóvenes (5-17 años) en la provincia del Cañar, 2022.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the physical activity levels and sedentary behavior in children and youth (5-17 years old) in the province of Cañar. Methodology: A quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive study was conducted using publicly accessible secondary data from the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC by its Spanish acronym) applied in the Province of Cañar. The unit of analysis was 107 records of surveyed individuals; the information obtained from the INEC website was exported to an Excel spreadsheet for tabulation and subsequently imported into the statistical program SPSS. Results: The median age is ten years, with higher male participation (52.3%), single marital status (39.3%), urban area residents (63.6%), and the Troncal canton having the highest percentage of participants (36.6%). (81.4%) study in the morning, (18.69%) of the population engages in a high frequency of sedentary behaviors, while (13.8%) participate in physical activity. Conclusions: According to the data obtained in this research, there is a high prevalence of physical inactivity and sedentary behavior in children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years, one of the leading causes of sedentary lifestyles in Ecuador and worldwide.