Excesso de peso em crianças e adolescentes no Estado de Pernambuco, Brasil: prevalência e determinantes

• Autor(a) principal: Leal, Vanessa Sá
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Lira, Pedro Israel Cabral de, Oliveira, Juliana Souza, Menezes, Risia C. E. de, Sequeira, Leopoldina Augusta de Souza, Arruda Neto, Manoel Alexandre de, Andrade, Sonia Lúcia Lucena Sousa de, Batista Filho, Malaquias
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/5027
• topic: Sobrepeso; Obesidade; Criança; Adolescente

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of overweight and associated risk factors in children and adolescents in Pernambuco State, Brazil, in 2006. The cross-sectional, population-based study included 1,435 individuals from 5 to 19 years of age. Poisson regression was used to evaluate the association between selected variables and overweight. Prevalence was 13.3% for overweight (95%CI: 11.6-15.1) and 3.8% for obesity. Adjusted prevalence ratios showed that higher family income, maternal schooling, possession of household consumer goods, living in urban areas, and maternal overweight were associated with overweight in children and adolescents. The high prevalence of overweight in Pernambuco emphasizes the need for public health measures targeting all families regardless of socioeconomic status.