| Autor: |
Araújo MF; Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE. marciofma@yahoo.com.br, Silva de Almeida L, Viana da Silva PC, Alves de Vasconcelos HC, Lopes MV, Damasceno MM |
| Jazyk: |
portugalština |
| Zdroj: |
Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2010 Jul-Aug; Vol. 63 (4), pp. 623-8. |
| DOI: |
10.1590/s0034-71672010000400019 |
| Abstrakt: |
The purpose of the study was to identify cases of overweight among adolescents in private schools in Fortaleza, Brazil. We investigated 794 students between 12 and 17 years old from 12 private schools, in the months March to June and August-September 2007. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 20% and 4%, respectively. Among the young people who watch TV while eat, the weight accumulated was higher and the cases of obesity was the double (p = 0, 000). About 28% of people who practiced regular physical activity were overweight (p <0, 001). In the fight against adolescent adiposity, to the nursing is primarily the preventive actions, because attenuate various pathological effects related to the accumulation of body weight. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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