OVERWEIGHT PREVALENCE IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS

• Autor(a) principal: Dias, Lizziane Andrade
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Nascimento Sobrinho, Carlito Lopes, Teles, Carlos Antônio de Souza, Cerqueira, Eneida de Moraes Marcílio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3042
• topic: Obesidade; Sobrepeso; Pós-menopausa; Fatores epidemiológicos; Saúde da mulher; Obesidade; Obesidad; Sobrepeso; Posmenopausia; Factores epidemiológicos; Obesity; Overweight; Postmenopause; Epidemiologic factors

The prevalence of overweight among women aged 50 to 60 years is usually higher when compared with other age groups of the same gender. During this period, climacteric and menopause seem to provide weight gain; however, the factors associated with overweight in this group are not fully known. This article sought to estimate the prevalence of overweight in women and identify the associated factors. Cross-sectional study, with 184 postmenopausal women, aged between 50 to 60 years, registered in the Family Health Program in São Gonçalo dos Campos, state of Bahia. Sociodemographic, reproductive and life style-related information were collected, and body weight and height were measured. Overweight was evaluated by estimating the Body Mass Index (BMI), using as the cutoff point BMI ? 25kg/m2, whereas association analysis was composed by estimating the Prevalence Ratio, followed by adjusted analysis by Poisson regression, robust model in the program SPSS for Windows 17.0. The prevalence of overweight was 65,8%, which was positively associated with the education level, the monthly income, hormone therapy and tabagism. The high prevalence of overweight in postmenopausal women points to the susceptibility of this group to overweight and obesity.