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Excesso de peso e fatores associados em adolescentes de uma capital brasileira

2017; ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE SAÚDE COLETIVA; Volume: 20; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/1980-5497201700020007

1980-5497

Carolina de Souza Carneiro, Maria do Rosário Gondim Peixoto, Karla Lorena Mendonça, Thaís Inácio Rolim Póvoa, Flávia Miquetichuc Nogueira Nascente, Thiago Veiga Jardim, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso, Ana Luíza Lima Sousa, Paulo César Brandão Veiga Jardim,

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To evaluate the prevalence of overweight in adolescents and its associated factors.A cross-sectional study in public and private schools in Goiania, Brazil. Socioeconomic status, family history of obesity, lifestyle, blood pressure and Body Mass Index were studied in a sample of 1,169 Brazilian youth aged 12 - 18 years, who attended public and private schools. Data were obtained from a questionnaire and anthropometric measurements previously tested in a pilot study. Poisson regression was used to estimate the prevalence of overweight, prevalence ratios and associations with the other factors.The prevalence of overweight was 21.2%, with a significant difference between boys and girls (26.3 and 16.8% respectively). Regression analysis showed that maternal obesity was associated with a higher prevalence of overweight in boys (PR = 1.86; p = 0.004), and boys aged 15 - 18 years had a lower prevalence of overweight than boys aged 12 - 14 years (PR = 0.70; p = 0.021). Among the girls, the presence of obese parents was associated with higher prevalence of overweight (PR = 2.42; p < 0.001), and the girls from a C class socioeconomic position were negatively associated with overweight (PR = 0.67; p = 0.035).Overweight in adolescence is associated with gender, obesity family history, and socioeconomic position. These data should be considered when planning intervention programs.