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H Fonseca1, M G Matos, A Guerra

  • 1Department of Paediatrics, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa Faculty of Human Kinetics, Avenue Prof. Egas Moniz 1, Lisbon, Portugal. helenaregalofonseca@gmail.com

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Overweight adolescents report poorer health, academic perception, and emotional well-being. These factors, alongside being male and younger, predict adolescent overweight status.

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  • Public Health
  • Adolescent Health
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Investigating the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and health behaviors in Portuguese adolescents.
  • Utilizing data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey across three waves.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze associations between BMI and health-related behaviors in Portuguese adolescents.
  • To identify predictors of overweight and obesity in this population.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of data from 17,024 public school students across three HBSC survey waves (1998, 2002, 2006).
  • Bivariate analysis using Chi-square tests to compare normal-weight and overweight/obese adolescents.
  • Multivariate logistic regression to identify predictors of overweight status.

Main Results:

  • Overweight adolescents reported poorer physical health, academic perception, and higher rates of unhappiness and irritability.
  • Predictors of being overweight included being male, younger age, low body satisfaction, poor academic perception, poor personal health, and unhappiness.
  • The year of data collection did not significantly predict overweight status.

Conclusions:

  • Overweight adolescents exhibit significantly more physical and emotional health challenges compared to their normal-weight peers.
  • Overweight's impact on psychosocial functioning may contribute to its persistence and negatively affect adolescent development.