Overweight in university students: a comparative study between academics of different courses and genders

• Autor(a) principal: Mori, Claudia Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Cruz, Karina Cardoso Maia, Baptista, Marivanda dos Santos, La Scala Teixeira, Cauê Vazquez, Lauria, Vinicius Tonon
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de obesidade, nutrição e emagrecimento
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbone.com.br/index.php/rbone/article/view/640
• topic: Obesity; Overweight; Body mass index; Obesidad; Exceso de peso; Indice de masa corporal; Obesità; Sovrappeso; Indice di massa corporea; Obesidade; Sobrepeso; Índice de massa corporal; Obesidade; Sobrepeso; Índice de massa corporal

Introduction: Overweight (OW) is a serious public health problem. Among university students, unhealthy lifestyle may favor increased of PE levels. Aim: To evaluate the body mass index (BMI) and verify the prevalence of OW in university students of different courses and genders. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study involving 172 volunteers (27.6 ± 8.6 years), 76 women (26.1± 7.7 years) and 96 men (28.7 ± 9.2 years) enrolled regularly follow courses: Law (DIR), Physical Education (EF), Logistics (LOG), Engineering (ENG), Human Resources (RH) and Administration (ADM). All volunteers completed a questionnaire to identify physical exercise and were submitted to BMI assessment. Results: The study showed the prevalence of PE among university students, in their respective genders and courses, being women (38.1%) and men (54.2%). The individual analysis by course revealed the following PE prevalence: RH (60%), ENG (53.6%), DIR (49.1%), EF (43.9%), LOG (33.3%) and ADM (30.8%). Conclusion: High rates of OW were observed in the general sample (47.1%), and men presented higher indices. The RH and ADM courses presented higher and lower prevalence of OW, respectively. In physical exercise practitioners, the prevalence of OW was slightly lower, suggesting that diet is the most influential factor in controlling body weight.