CHILD SEDENTARISM CAUSED BY THE EXCESSIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

Children's sedentary lifestyle has been increasing in Brazil due to the use of technologies, and with the increase of street violence, many parents do not let their children go out to play. Objective: To evaluate the use of technologies in the lives of children from Elementary School I Initial Years of the State public school system. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional research was carried out to collect quantitative data in order to prove children's sedentary lifestyle institutions of the state public education network in the city of Monte Azul – MG. Result: When approaching the child sedentary issue caused by the excessive use of technology, it was noticed that 54% of the students never leave the tasks for later to be using the technologies; 56% of students never prefer the emotion of technologies; 54% of students answered that people sometimes complain about the time they spend online; the school grades of 72% of students were never affected by the use of technology; 60% of students never feel moody, depressed or nervous when they are offline. Conclusion: Taking into account the results obtained on the excessive use of technology and how much technology has helped us to evolve, it was found that most students surveyed do not spend much time connected to technology and prefer the pleasure of hanging out with other people and practicing activities physical, as they are aware that uncontrolled use of existing technologies can bring some damage to physical and mental health.