نبذة مختصرة : Since the recommendations of moderate-to vigorous physical activity (PA) for health constitute important information to be shared in counseling practice, the present study was aimed to evaluate the level of knowledge of health professionals about the international PA recommendations for adults and elderly and to verify if there are associations between PA motivation with leisure time PA, readiness to change behavior and body mass index (BMI) of these professionals. In 2021, a questionnaire was applied remotely with health professionals from Brazilian health system. The survey had 34 participants, who answered sociodemographic and health questions, knowledge about international PA recommendations for adults and the elderly, PA duration, behavioral stage and motivations for PA practice. Of the five questions that assessed the knowledge of professionals, three had the highest prevalence of wrong answers, and professionals who have a more internal motivation to practice PA showed a significant association with reaching the minimum PA and eutrophic BMI recommendations. Professional qualification is important, together with encouragement to practice PA, through contents that consider internal motivations. ; Visto que as recomendações de atividade física (AF) moderadas e vigorosas para a saúde se constituem como uma importante informação a ser compartilhada no aconselhamento sobre AF, o presente estudo teve como objetivos avaliar o nível de conhecimento de profissionais da saúde sobre as recomendações internacionais de AF para adultos e idosos e verificar se existem associações entre a motivação para a prática de AF com o tempo de AF no lazer, o estágio de prontidão à mudança de comportamento e o índice de massa corporal (IMC) destes profissionais. Para isso, em 2021 foi aplicado, de maneira remota, um questionário com profissionais de saúde. A pesquisa contou com 34 participantes, que responderam questões sociodemográficas, de saúde, conhecimento sobre as recomendações internacionais de AF para adultos e idosos, tempo ...
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