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The objective this study was to verify the anthropometric and body fat of students nine 14 years, of both sexes, the Aracaju city, Sergipe, Brazil. The study was a cross-sectional study was sample of 758 individuals (52.6% female) and age 9-14 years enrolled in public school network. Were collected anthropometric information, as mass and height, triceps and subscapular skinfold and waist and hip circumference, to calculate the Body Mass Index (BMI), Body Fat percentage (BF%) and Waist-Hip Ratio (WHR). Descriptive statistics was calculated for media and standard deviation and percentiles 3%, 50% and 97%, for males and females. There was high percentage of subjects with BMI (23.7%) and %BF (26.3%) up to recommended for literature. In Addition, as girls showed results in more to relationship boys in the variables: mass (44,0kg vs 42,7kg) and stature (vs. 1,51cm 1,50cm), waist (66,6cm x 66,5cm) and hip circumference (84,3cm x 80,4cm), triceps (15,4cm x 12,2cm) and subscapular skinfold (12.5 cm x 9.5 cm), BMI (18.9 kg/m2 vs 18.4 kg/m2) and %BF (22.6 vs. 18.1). However, only in WHR was observed superior results for males (0.79 vs 0.82) in the schools. There has been importance of strategies creation to prevent weight gain in this population, how to avoid instruments paragraph harm to health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the present study was to estimate the chance of early sports specialization in a school population. A questionnaire on Early Specialization was prepared, and 830 practitioners of different modalities answered demographic data. Participants were recruited from public and private schools. The classification of early specialization was based on selfrating methods and the three-point system. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, chi-square test and multinomial logistic regression analysis. The results showed that the chance for sports specialization by type of school is twice as high for public schools in the moderate (OR= 2.06; 95%CI 1.46--2.74) and high (OR= 1. 96; 95%CI 1.19--3.26) than private schools. The points system classified adolescents into levels: low, medium and high specialization, showing 61.8% (n= 495), 29.5% (n= 235), 8.7% (n= 70) respectively. Participants classified themselves as practicing a single (n= 405, 50.6%), or multiple sports (n= 396, 49.4%) through the self-classification system. Therefore, the chance of a student being specialized early is low, and the age variable was not determinant in influencing the specialization of students. However, sports specialization seems to be influenced by gender and school type. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]