Socioeconomic status as determinant of risk factors for overweight in adolescents

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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Main Authors:	Fernandes,Rômulo Araújo, Christofaro,Diego Giulliano Destro, Cardoso,Jefferson Rosa, Ronque,Enio Ricardo Vaz, Freitas Júnior,Ismael Forte, Kawaguti,Sandra Satie, Moraes,Augusto César Ferreira de, Oliveira,Arli Ramos de
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	ABRASCO - Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva 2011
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-81232011001100010
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