Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
8/4/2010
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Ministry of Health heard 50 thousand people about healthy habits.
16.4% of the adult population does not make any kind of exercise.
G1, in São Paulo
At the same time they began to put more vegetables on your plate, Brazilians began to do less physical activities, shows a survey released in Brasilia on Wednesday (7) by the Ministry of Health
According to the survey, which heard 54.367 people during 2009, 18,9% of the population consumes five or more servings of fruits and vegetables, number 2,6 times higher than that recorded in 2006.
Despite revealing a greater awareness in relation to food, the research also shows that the rush of everyday life has worsened the quality of what is eaten. The beans, for example, is part of the menu of 65.8% of adults five or more times a week. In 2006 the rate was 71,9%.
The research showed that consumption of soft drinks and powdered drinks grew. Among the younger, 18 to 24 years, 42.1% consume these drinks almost every day, and the light or diet versions of these products are only chosen by 15% of the population.
Regarding exercise, the study shows that only 14,7% of adults do in their free time physical activity frequently enough - 30 minutes daily, five times a week. Whereas those who move for work or to school on foot or by bicycle, the index rises to 30,8%.
The number of couch potatoes - those who do not exercise on any occasion - is of 16,4% of the adult population, a rate higher than in 2006, when 13,2% of adults were physically inactive.
Source: Portal G1
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