Overweight and abdominal in adult population of Teresina, PI
| Autor: | Lorena Guimarães Martins Holanda, Maria do Carmo de Carvalho e Martins, Emanuella Machado Costa, Manoel Dias de Souza Filho, Regina Célia de Assis, Lívia Maria Moura Leal, Lorena Patrícia Leal Mesquita, Cecília Maria Resende Gonçalves de Carvalho |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
obesity Waist Population body mass index Overweight Waist–hip ratio medicine education Abdominal obesity General Environmental Science education.field_of_study business.industry nutritional and metabolic diseases General Medicine medicine.disease Obesity Surgery General Earth and Planetary Sciences Population study waist-hip ratio medicine.symptom business Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira. 57:50-55 |
| ISSN: | 0104-4230 |
| Popis: | Objective To determine the prevalence of overweight and abdominal fat in the adult population in the urban area of Teresina, PI, Brazil. Methods This is a cross-sectional study with probability sampling by conglomerates. The study evaluated 464 adults, 20 to 59 years of age, living in the urban area of Teresina, PI, Brazil. Nutritional status was classified according to body mass index (BMI), and abdominal fat accumulation was estimated according to waist circumference. The significance level was set at 5% (p Results The prevalence of overweight and obesity according to nutritional status, based on BMI, was 30.0% and 7.7%, respectively. An increase in the proportion of overweight and obesity among men with progressively higher family income was observed. Higher rates of obesity were found among individuals 50 to 59 years of age with stable relationships and nonsmokers. An association between individual or family income and presence of abdominal fat was not observed in the population. Conclusion The prevalence of overweight in the study population follows the national trend. Proportions of overweight and obesity were higher among men and increased with age. Women and married individuals showed a greater tendency for abdominal obesity. |
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