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0723/2012 - Prevalence of abdominal obesity and excess fat in students of a city in southern Brazil
Prevalência de obesidade abdominal e excesso de gordura em escolares de uma cidade serrana no sul do Brasil

Author:

• Josué Luís Pedroni - Pedroni, J. L. - Caxias do Sul, RS - Bacharel em Educação Física pela Universidade de Caxias do Sul - RS - <josuepedroni@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Ricardo Rodrigo Rech - Rech, R.R. - Caxias do Sul, RS - Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA). Professor dos Cursos de Bacharelado e Licenciatura em Educação Física da UCS. Núcleo de Pesquisa Ciências e Artes do Movime - <ricardo.rech@gmail.com>
• Ricardo Halpern - Halpern R - Porto Alegre, RS - Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde da UFCSPA. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul – Brasil. - <ricardo.halpern@gmail.com>
• Simone Marin - Marin, S. - Universidade de Caxias do Sul - <sissi__m@hotmail.com>
• Lahna dos Reis Roth - Roth, L. R. - Universidade de Caxias do Sul - <lahninha@hotmail.com>
• Mariana Sirtoli - Sirtoli, M. - Universidade de Caxias do Sul - <mari_sirtoli@hotmail.com>
• Andressa Cavalli - Cavalli, A. - Universidade de Caxias do Sul - <dessacavalli@yahoo.com.br>

Thematic Area:

Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente

Abstract:

Obesity is considered the most important nutritional disorder due to an rapid increase in its prevalence in recent years. The goal of this study was to estimate the prevalence of abdominal obesity and excess fat in 11 to 14 years school (boys and girls) from a town in southern Brazil, and to verify the possible associations with economic classification, gender, age, eating habits, lifestyle habits (physical activity and sedentary activities) and dissatisfaction with body image. Through a cross-sectional study, 1230 students were assessed. The anthropometric variables studied were the waist circumference and the triceps and calf skinfold. A descriptive and a bivariate analysis were conducted between the independent variables and the outcome. The prevalence of abdominal obesity and excess body fat were 28.7% and 40.1% respectively. There was a statistically significant association with a greater number of meals and dissatisfaction with body image to abdominal obesity, which was also associated with the evaluated female, and to excess body fat. The prevalence of abdominal obesity and excess body fat are high and justify the implementation of school-based health actions.

Keywords:

abdominal obesity body fat children

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Pedroni, J. L., Rech, R.R., Halpern R, Marin, S., Roth, L. R., Sirtoli, M., Cavalli, A.. Prevalence of abdominal obesity and excess fat in students of a city in southern Brazil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Jul). [Citado em 19/05/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/prevalence-of-abdominal-obesity-and-excess-fat-in-students-of-a-city-in-southern-brazil/10745



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