Evaluation of sedentary lifestyle in Educational Institutions of Colombia

Abstract

The project seeks to address the problem of sedentary lifestyle in fourth grade students of the Liceo Guillermo Valencia Educational Institution through the practice of volleyball. A sedentary lifestyle is defined as a lack of movement and physical activity in daily life, and may be related to health problems such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the levels of sedentary lifestyle in young people in order to implement intervention strategies and promote healthy lifestyles. Volleyball is a complete sport that promotes physical activity, coordination, teamwork and the development of motor skills. Therefore, it is considered an ideal option to combat a sedentary lifestyle and promote a healthy lifestyle in students. A sedentary lifestyle is more normal than one thinks, we can see that the lack of physical activity is more normal every day since we are in a world where technology evolves so much to avoid any minimal effort, the internet, the latest generation cell phones, Game consoles, even televisions, everything makes our lives easier, we no longer need to leave the house to do shopping or research and sports, except that modern WII consoles have simulation games where the natural game was recreated where you run, jump, and play. A sedentary lifestyle is a hard blow to the reality of humans since due to the lack of physical exercise there is a lot of illness due to it. A sedentary lifestyle is a problem that triggers many more problems not only physically, mentally and internally, but also causes people to become slaves to technology in the long term over time.