Perfil do praticante de caminhada no parque Dom Pedro II

Abstract

This study aimed to verify the Walk Practitioner Profile at Dom Pedro II Park in the municipality of Uruguaiana- Rs. A random sample of 75 subjects who were studied in the period October to December 2014, subjects were submitted to an interview assessment, responding to a specific questionarie for this project. More than half of the 53.3% of the sample studied subjects were male, 46.6% female, about 53.3% had normal BMI, 37.7% were overweight, most participants walk for leisure, 77.3% walk lasting up to one hour, one to two times a week, and 26.6% of the sample are hypertensive and go for medical reasons. there is a greater adherence by men for practicing walking for leisure, sample rates of obesity are normal, and its activity is carried out within one hour and hypertensive go for medical reasons.