Exergames: Um aplicativo de exercício físico para crianças e pré adolescentes com sobrepeso e obesas

Abstract

Overweight has become an alarming contemporary epidemic worldwide, including in developing countries, such as Brazil, showing categorically that overweight and obese children become overweight and obese adults. Associating the market for educational mobile applications with the practice of physical activity, becomes an excellent attraction for the daily exercise of physical activity and the understanding about its importance for health. The aim of this research is to develop an exercise application (FIT PET) to improve the quality of life of overweight and obese children and preadolescents. The present study corresponds to an action research with a quantitative focus. It was carried out with two children diagnosed with overweight. They were submitted to a training program using an application (active pet) and reassessed after three months. Physical and physiological parameters were collected, as well as general lifestyle habits (health questionnaire). Comparing the results of the physical and physiological variables in the pre and post-training, a decrease in the indexes and an improvement in the quality of life was observed, which was also evident through the parameters of life habits, related to health, food and sleep. At the end of the third month of physical activity using the application, there was a decrease in the percentage of fat and BMI, showing more health and quality of life.