Comparison of the anthropometric profile from teenagers who are athletes and teenagers who are not athletes in schools from Rio Grande do Sul and Parana

The goal of this study was to compare the anthropometric profile of the teenagers sub 15 who are athletes and teenagers who are not athletes, from private school of state Rio Grande do Sul and public school of the state Parana.The research was descriptive. The sample was group 1 = 50 students between 13 and 15 years old, from private school in Caxias do Sul city and group 2 = 50 students between 13 and 15 years old, from public school in Paranagua city. In this study, it was evaluated the weight, the height and the (IMC) and the social profile (money and home). In this method it was used to make the calculations of the anthropometric index the program from a balance, trade Fizolla, with the accuracy of 0, 1 cm according to Gordon et al's conduct. Our report is about incidence from the teenagers obesity nowadays, about the sedentary life, the effect from the pysical activities, from the illness related to the obesity, and programs connected to the practice of sports. We can conclude that the athletes from Futsal of public school are more advanced, better prepared and their physical aspect is better according to IMC, compared to teenagers who are not athletes from the private school, although they have better conditions of life, they are not able to use this opportunity, because their poor eating habits, and their low index in practice of physical activities.