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.

The objective of this study was to observe the effect of a program of competing physical exercises on the muscle mass, the aerobic power and the corporal fat in aerobics and anaerobic adults. The sample was composed by 26 male citizens, divided in three groups: aerobic, anaerobic and aerobic anaerobic. The characteristic of each group was identifi ed by dermatoglyphic method (CUMMINS; MIDLO, 1942). The corporal composition was measured through the Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA -Entire Body Densitometry, PRODIGY, enCORE software -release 8.0 -2003) for percentage of fat and lean mass. The aerobic power was analyzed through the maximum consumption of oxygen (VO 2máx ), raised by means of the test of 12 minutes of Cooper (COOPER, 1968), and the repetition weight test was used in order to achieve a maximum repetition (1 RM - KURAMOTO & PAYNE, 1995). The running training, in the Fatmax intensity zone, and the force training were performed three times for week, 40 minutes each, during 24 weeks. The statistical treatment was composed by descriptive analysis and inferential analysis (test of Kruskal-Wallis and correlation of Spearman). In order to evaluate the homogeneity of the sample the test of Shapiro-Wilk was used. It was allowed a p < 0.05 for signifi cance statistics. It was observed that the groups had not presented signifi cant differences among the variations of the percentage of fat, the muscular mass and the VO 2max among the groups.

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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.

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of energy drink ingestion on the performance of running performance in amateur runners with different levels of physical fitness. Material: Sixty healthy subjects were selected and randomized according to the level of physical fitness (Low: <29.9 ml.kg-1 .min-1 ; Moderate: 30-37.9 ml.kg-1 .min-1 ; and High: > 38 ml.kg-1 .min-1). Thereafter, they were further distributed in Placebo (27g glucose) and Energy Drink (27g glucose, 30g sodium, 1000mg taurine, 600mg glucuronolactone, 80mg caffeine, 50mg inositol, 16mg vitamin B3, 5mg vitamin B5, 1,3mg vitamin B2, 3 mg vitamin B6 and 2.4 mg vitamin B12), resulting in six groups according to physical fitness level such Placebo (

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