| Individual and school environment factors associated with overweight in adolescents of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | |
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PMID: 21272416 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVE: To identify the association of individual and school environment factors with overweight among adolescents. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. Sociodemographic and behavioural information was collected using an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. Indicators on human and physical resources of the schools were based on information collected in interviews with school principals. Overweight was defined based on the BMI Z-score for age and sex recommended by WHO. Logistic regression models were used for statistical analysis. SETTING: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. SUBJECTS: By means of a two-stage (classrooms and students) probabilistic sampling, subjects comprised 1632 students enrolled in the last year of primary education of the municipal public school network, stratified by city region. RESULTS: The mean prevalence of overweight at schools was 17·2 %, ranging from 0 % to 50 %. Adolescents more likely to be overweight were those who attended schools without knives and forks or ceramic/glass plates for students in the school refectory (prevalence odds ratio (POR) = 1·40; P = 0·04), those whose head of household had completed between 8 and 10 years of schooling (POR = 1·46; P = 0·03), those who did not live with both parents (POR = 1·24; P = 0·06) and those who had not practised physical activity outside school on at least 1 d in the 7 d before the study (POR = 1·56; P = 0·04). CONCLUSIONS: Sociodemographic and behavioural variables of adolescents and school characteristics were associated with overweight, confirming individual and context effects on this health disorder. Studies such as the present one, identifying variables in context, may support actions to prevent overweight among adolescents. |
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Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso; Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro; Fabio da Silva Gomes; Iuri da Costa Leite |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-1-28 |
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Title: Public health nutrition Volume: - ISSN: 1475-2727 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-1-28 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9808463 Medline TA: Public Health Nutr Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1-9 Citation Subset: - |
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1Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz/Ministério da Saúde, Rua Leopoldo Bulhões 1480, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21041-210, RJ, Brazil. |
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