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Socioeconomic status as determinant of risk factors for overweight in adolescents
Rômulo Araújo Fernandes1, Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro, Jefferson Rosa Cardoso
1Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade do Oeste Paulista, Presidente Prudente, SP. diegochristofaro@yahoo.com.br
Objectives:
To analyze risk factors for overweight among adolescents grouped in three different socioeconomic levels.
Methods:
This cross-sectional study included 1779 adolescents aged 11 to 17 years, grouped according to socioeconomic status (low, middle, and high). Parents reported their own anthropometric data and the adolescents had their anthropometric data taken by trained researchers, and completed three questionnaires.
Results:
The prevalence of overweight was 16.7%, 23.8%, and 26.3% in low, middle and high socioeconomic status, respectively (P= 0.001). In all socioeconomic status, parent's overweight was associated with adolescent overweight (all P< 0.05). The students in both high (PR= 1.90) and middle socioeconomic status (PR= 2.00) from private schools were associated with overweight, and the students from low socioeconomic level to sedentary behavior (PR= 2.25) and high ingestion of fried food (PR= 2.35).
Conclusion:
In each socioeconomic status the overweight was associated with different risk factors in different ways, except for parents overweight.
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