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Estructura familiar y estado de nutrición en adolescentes de Sonora, México

2016; Q16635223; Volume: 144; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4067/s0034-98872016000200006

0717-6163

Cruz Mónica López-Morales, Ademir López-Valenzuela, Ricardo González-Heredia, Olga Rosa Brito-Zurita, Eusebio Rosales-Partida, Gabriel Hernando Palomares-Uribe,

Agricultural and Food Production Studies

Family structure of obese/overweight and normal weight adolescents in MéxicoBackground: Feeding modes and appetence toward certain foods are usually conditioned by the family.Obesity during adolescence usually persists during adulthood.Aim: To determine differences in family structure of adolescents according to their nutritional status.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 60 overweight-obese and 60 normal weight adolescents.Family type was determined based on their conformation (kinship and cohabitation), development (if the mother had a remunerated job), demography (geographical area), integration (functions of the couple); life cycle stage and functionality.Results: Fifty eight percent of normal weight adolescents had simple nuclear families and 47% of overweight-obese adolescents had an extended family.Thirty one and 21% of overweight/obese and normal weight adolescents lived with an overweight/obese individual, respectively.Conclusions: There are differences in the family structure of overweight/obese and normal weight adolescents.