Introduction: Studies of sedentary behavior in the workplace, where conditions represent a health risk, mainly involving levels of physical activity and health of police officers, have increased in several countries around the world. Objective The objective of this study was to compare the physical activity levels, sedentary behavior and health risks of military police officers involved in overt and specialized patrolling. Methods: A total of 146 military police officers involved in overt and specialized patrolling were assessed, and anthropometric data were collected for body mass - kg; height - m; BMI - kg/ m²; waist-hip ratio (WHR) and fat percentage. Physical activity and inactivity levels were determined using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), short version 8, with statistical analysis (t-Test, Mann-Whitney U test and Chi-squared test, p≤0.05). Results: The mean time of physical activity – overt patrolling (108.33 ± 92.60 min/week) and specialized patrolling (137.11 ± 90.30 min/week) totaled an overall mean of 122.72 ± 91.94 min/week, p≤0.05; and time seated – overt patrolling (391.27 ± 192.90 min/week) had 30.1% of insufficiently active participants, while specialized patrolling was 319.41 ± 123.10 min/week with 17.1% of insufficiently active participants, with a total mean of 312.00 ± 112.30 min/week and 47.3% of insufficiently active participants. Active police officers are one-third less likely to develop health risk than inactive police officers (OR = 0.3, CI = 0.18-0.67). Overt patrol police officers are 3.6 more likely to develop health risk than specialized patrol police officers due to sedentary behavior (OR = 3.6, CI = 1.48-8.75). Conclusion: Both groups of military police officers have lower than recommended physical activity levels and spend most of their time seated. It was also noted that the variables of overt patrol police officers have indicators that are more detrimental to health than specialized patrol officers, yet both occupational groups should be instructed on how to adopt active and healthy lifestyles. Level of evidence II; Prognostic studies-Investigation of the effect of patient characteristics on disease outcome.

Introdução: a prática de atividade física é considerada um importante fator para prevenção e tratamento de doenças cardiometabólicas. Objetivo: realizar uma revisão sistemática acerca dos efeitos da atividade física em parâmetros cardiometabólicos de policiais. Métodos: a busca sistemática deste estudo foi conduzida por meio das bases de dados LILACS, PubMED, MEDLINE e SciELO. Resultados: foram incluídos na revisão trinta e cinco estudos que mostravam a relação entre atividade física e parâmetros cardiometabólicos desfavoráveis em policiais, indicando que a atividade ocupacional interfere na saúde devido às condições de trabalho e ao estilo de vida. Conclusão: os resultados dos estudos indicam que policiais apresentam comportamentos sedentários, presença de síndrome metabólica e riscos cardiovasculares que contribuem no desenvolvimento de doenças cardiometabólicas por múltiplos fatores.

Introduction: Although Brazil has complete legislation that establishes guidelines and recommendations for companies regarding Occupational Health and Safety, according to data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, indices of absenteeism and absences from work functions increase with each year. Objective: To identify the association of the level of physical activity on absenteeism by diseases in workers, through a systematic review. Methods: Four databases (Lilacs, SciELO, Medline via Pubmed and Cochrane Library) were consulted from November 10 to 23, 2017. Results: The selection process of the articles were included after screening 25 articles: (08) articles did not mention workers, only school children, (05) articles were systematically reviewed, and (12) articles had randomized clinical trials. The systematic relationship included a bias analysis, data extraction and important discussions of the characteristics of the articles selected so that we had breadth of knowledge produced in this theme. Conclusion: We evidenced the need for more research in the area of physical activity and less number of absenteeism due to diseases in workers.

Physical exercise has the ability to alter the measurements of the body related to esthetic. The objective of the present study was to compare the body image and body esthetic between two groups of women with different levels of physical activity. We evaluated 79 women who were divided into 2 groups: 39 women with low or moderate levels of physical activity, and 40 women with high levels of physical activity according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Anthropometric and body composition measurements were taken using the InBody S10 multifrequency device (InBody Co., Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea). The scale of silhouettes, which is composed of 9 engravings of body images, was used to verify the body image, as well as the Portuguese version of the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) validated for university students. The group of evaluators was composed of twenty physical education professionals of both sexes, ten male and ten female. The group with low/moderate levels of physical activity, as expected, showed a lower amount (minutes per week) of physical activity of mild, moderate and vigorous intensity when compared with the group with high levels of physical activity (p < 0.05), and they also had a higher ratio of fat mass (FM) per height squared (p ¼ 0.047). The BSQ questionnaire scores, the current and ideal silhouettes, as well as body image dissatisfaction, were not different between the groups (p > 0.05). The overall body esthetic score, attributed only by the male and only by the female evaluators, did not differ significantly (p > 0.05). We concluded that the level of physical activity did not influence the body image and body esthetic of the women.Katielly Santana's ORCID is https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3129-0616.

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Durante os últimos anos, observa-se uma crescente evolução do acometimento de transtornos mentais e do comportamento (TMC) em policiais militares, causando quedas no emprego do efetivo estatal. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar os efeitos epidemiológicos e de custo pelo absenteísmo de policiais militares do Estado de Mato Grosso TMC no ano de 2019, bem como identificar o grupo mais afetado pela incidência de dispensa médica. O método utilizado é o estudo descritivo, transversal e observacional, sendo analisados 105 policiais militares durante o ano de 2019. Os resultados obtidos levam a concluir que os efeitos do absenteísmo implicam em fatores econômicos, pessoais e na qualidade de serviço à sociedade. Sugere-se que a Polícia Militar realize um estudo detalhado das causas reais de tais afastamentos, realizando acompanhamento de multiprofissionais de seus policiais no sentido de ser minimizados os efeitos de absenteísmo nas Unidades da PMMT e ainda adoção de medidas que possam estimular o desenvolvimento de hábitos saudáveis, tais como a prática de atividades físicas constantes entre outros, afim de prevenir tais afastamentos. Palavras-chave: policial militar -custo -doenças comportamentais.