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0499/2018 - Reproductive factors associated with excess of weight in adult women attended by the family health strategy in juiz de fora, minas gerais, Brazil.
Fatores reprodutivos associados ao excesso de peso em mulheres adultas atendidas pela estratégia saúde da família em juiz de fora, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Author:

• Déborah Franco Gonçalves - Gonçalves, D.F - <deborahfranco25@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9579-0628

Co-author(s):

• Maria Teresa Bustamante Teixeira - Teixeira, M.T.B - <teitabt@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0727-4170
• Gulnar Azevedo e Silva - Silva, G.A - <gulnar@ims.uerj.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8734-2799
• Kristiane de Castro Dias Duque - Duque, K.C.D - <krisduque@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7117-0945
• Maria Lúcia Salim Miranda Machado - Machado, M.L.S.M - <marialsmm@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2786-8358
• Luiz Cláudio Ribeiro - Ribeiro, L.C. - <luizclaudio@ice.ufjf.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4409-2106


Abstract:

Being excess of weight stands out as a growing health problem in the population, resulting in burdens for the individual and society. The aim of this article was to identify the association between reproductive factors and excess of weight in women aged 20 to 59 yearsareas covered by the Primary Health Care Units. This is a cross-sectional study with home capitation and data collection in two Primary Health Care Units, in the city of Juiz de Fora, in women aged 20 to 59 years, whose outcome was the Excess of Weight measured by the Index of Body Mass. Among the 2018 women included in the analysis, the prevalence of Excess of Weight was 61.0%. In the multivariate analysis, Excess of Weight was associated with the variables age at menarche before 12 years of age, having children, age greater than or equal to 30 years and hypertension. The prevalence of Excess of Weight in women who had menarche before 12 years was 12.4% higher than those who had menarche aged 12 years or more and the prevalence of Excess of Weight in women who had children was 58.2% higher than they never had. There was a high prevalence of Excess of Weight in the adult female population, with an emphasis on the influence of reproductive factors.

Keywords:

Reproductive Factors. Overweight. Women\'s Health.

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Gonçalves, D.F, Teixeira, M.T.B, Silva, G.A, Duque, K.C.D, Machado, M.L.S.M, Ribeiro, L.C.. Reproductive factors associated with excess of weight in adult women attended by the family health strategy in juiz de fora, minas gerais, Brazil.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Nov). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/reproductive-factors-associated-with-excess-of-weight-in-adult-women-attended-by-the-family-health-strategy-in-juiz-de-fora-minas-gerais-brazil/17032



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