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Sobrepeso e obesidade em adolescentes: associação com variáveis sociodemográficas

2011; UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE MARINGÁ; Volume: 22; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4025/reveducfis.v22i3.10041

1983-3083

Alex Pinheiro Gordia, Teresa Maria Bianchini de Quadros, Rosane Carla Rosendo da Silva, Wagner de Campos, Guanis de Barros Vilela,

Health and Lifestyle Studies

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents and to identify its associations with sociodemographic variables. A total of 608 teenagers (14 to 20 years) from of Lapa, Paraná, South Brazil were investigated. The body mass index was used to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity based on the criteria of Conde and Monteiro (2006) and World Health Organization (1995). The socioeconomic status (SES) was evaluated according to the Criteria for Economic Classification in Brazil. The Chi-square test, Fisher exact test, two-way ANOVA and binary logistic regression were applied for statistical analysis (p