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0025/2016 - Overweight among young people in a brazilian semiarid region: population-based study
Excesso de peso entre jovens de um município do semiárido brasileiro: um estudo de base populacional

Author:

• Aline Rodrigues Monteiro - Monteiro, Aline Rodrigues - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, PPG Ciências da Saúde - <lihhmonteiro@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Samuel Carvalho Dumith - Dumith, S.C. - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, PPG Ciências da Saúde - <scdumith@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5994-735X
• Tatiane S Gonçalves - Gonçalves, Tatiane S - Prefeitura Municipal de Paulo Afonso, BA, Secretaria de assistência social - <tatianesgoncalves@yahoo.com.br>
• Juraci Cesar - Cesar, J - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Faculdade de Medicina - <juraci.a.cesar@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0864-0486

Thematic Area:

Epidemiologia

Abstract:

Objective: Measure the prevalence and identify factors associated to overweight among young people living in the city of Caracol, Piaui State, Brazil. Methods: Previously trained interviewers applied standardized questionnaire and have assessed anthropometric measurements of all young people (13-19 years) in households. The questionnaires sought information on: the demographic characteristics, socioeconomic and behavioral. The outcome was overweight in young people (BMI> 1 z score) was calculated from body mass index (BMI) and classified according to the new curves of the World Health Organization. In the statistical analysis we used Poisson regression with robust adjustment of variance. Results: Of 1088 young people studied, 10,5% were overweight. The occurrence of the outcome varied from 6% for young people belonging to the second-four of income to 19% for young people aged for height deficit. Conclusion: Even the prevalence of overweight still show below the national average in the semiarid region, the factors associated with their occurrence already are equal to the richest areas and there is a clear need for early intervention aimed at preventing and reducing these current levels overweight.

Keywords:

overweight obesity adolescent associated factors

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Monteiro, Aline Rodrigues, Dumith, S.C., Gonçalves, Tatiane S, Cesar, J. Overweight among young people in a brazilian semiarid region: population-based study. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Jan). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/overweight-among-young-people-in-a-brazilian-semiarid-region-populationbased-study/15447?id=15447



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