1536/2011 - Healthy Eating, Schooling and Overweight Among Low-Income Women
Alimentação Saudável, Escolaridade e Excesso de Peso Entre Mulheres de Baixa Renda
Publicado
Author:
• Ana Paula Machado Lins - Lins, A.P.M. - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - Instituto Fernandes Figueiras - <anapaulamachadolins@yahoo.com.br>Co-author(s):
• Rosely Sichieri - Sichieri, R. - IMS/UERJ - <rosely.sichieri@gmail.com>ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5286-5354
• Ana Paula Machado Lins - Lins A.P.M. - Instituto Estadual de Diabetes e Endocrinologia Luiz Capriglione – Grupo de Obesidade e Transtornos Alimentares (IEDE) - <anapaulamachadolins@nutricionistasassociadas.com.br>
• Vânia Matos Fonseca - Fonseca VM - IFF/FIOCRUZ - <vaniamf36@hotmail.com>
• Eloane Gonçalves Ramos - Ramos G E - IFF/FIOCRUZ - <eloane@iff.fiocruz.br>
• Maria Virginia Marques Peixoto - Peixoto MVM - IFF/FIOCRUZ - <virginia@iff.fiocruz.br>
• Walmir Coutinho - Coutinho W - PUC-RJ/IEDE - <wcout@attglobal.net>
Thematic Area:
Alimentação, Nutrição e SaúdeAbstract:
AbstractObjective: The objective of this study was to analyze the factors associated with the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a population of adult women of low income residents of a metropolitan region and its association with socioeconomic, demographic, reproductive, lifestyle, highlighting the power that healthy women as the main variable in this context.
Methods: We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study with a random sample of 758 women 20 years or older living in Elysian Fields - Duque de Caxias. We used bivariate and multivariate hierarchical regression to identify factors associated with overweight and obesity.
Results: Among these women found a prevalence of 23% and obesity prevalence of 56.0% when the combined overweight and obesity, was found an inverse association between years of study, overweight and obesity. Most of the women reported having a healthy diet (73.6%) that increased positively with income, education and age. Do not consume vegetables weekly was associated with overweight and not doing a healthy diet was associated with obesity.
Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrate that even in populations with low income, a higher level of education has an impact on prevention of this disease and in food choices.
