Author:

• Felipe Guimarães Tavares - Tavares, F. G. - <tavaresfelipeg@gmail.com, felipegt@id.uff.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8308-6203

Co-author(s):

• José Rodolfo Mendonça de Lucena - Lucena, J. R. M. - <lucenajrm@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2716-6559
• Andrey Moreira Cardoso - Cardoso, A. M. - <andrey.cardoso@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7591-7791

Abstract:

Considered an important public health problem among indigenous peoples in Brazil, obesity is a risk factor for non-communicable diseases and conditions. The objective was to describe the occurrence of overweight and obesity and associated factors in Xavante indigenous adults, through a nutritional survey carried out in the population ≥ 15 years old living in the Pimentel Barbosa and Wedezé Indigenous Lands, Mato Grosso, Central Brazil, during the period of June to August 2011. Eight of the 10 villages in the territory were investigated. Anthropometric, bioimpedance and socioeconomic data were collected. 495 individuals participated in this study, corresponding to 94.1% of the target population. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 65.9% (Male:63.2%; Female:68.6%) and 19.8% (Male:21.3%; Female:18.2%), respectively. In the multiple regression model, the prevalence of excess weight was higher in women, in higher age groups and education levels, in individuals living in group 2 of villages and in households with low consumption of farmed and farmed foods. An increase in the age group20 to 49 years and in individuals living in households with low consumption of foodhunting, fishing and gathering presented the highest prevalence of obesity.

Keywords:

Health of indigenous peoples; Obesity; Epidemiology; Xavante.

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