Overweight and associated factors in young adult student girls.

Raquel Rodrigues Da Costa,Vera Lúcia Mendes De Paula Pessoa,Virna Ribeiro Feitosa Cestari,Francisca Gomes Montesuma,Raquel Sampaio Florêncio,Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0838

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https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0838

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Abstract

To analyze overweight and associated factors in young adult student girls children in a capital city of Northeast Brazil. An analytical, quantitative study was conducted with 546 young adults from 26 schools in a capital city of the Brazilian Northeast. After obtaining the data by the application of a specific questionnaire, the hierarchical logistic regression was used to identify the confounding variables and predictors of overweight. The frequency of cases of overweight in this group was 36.6%. In the bivariate analysis, Overweight presented a statistically significant association with ethnicity, marital status, weight in childhood and overweight in adolescence, overweight in the family and exposure to alcohol, number of children, and age of menarche. In the final regression model, overweight remained associated with weight in childhood and age of menarche. Characteristics related to nutritional status in earlier life stages and gynecological issues were associated with Overweight during the young adult stage of the woman.

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METHODOverweight has been associated with adverse health effects in women in the short and long term
Several reproductive cycle factors can be considered as risk factors for overweight, a condition that leads to the development of diabetes and cardiovascular disease[1]
As far as sociodemographic characteristics were concerned, it was observed that the young adults presented in the majority age group of 20 to 22 years (75.6%), most of them self-reported ethnicity/color distinct from white (87.7%) and 73.8% of the women had no partner

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Overweight has been associated with adverse health effects in women in the short and long term. Women with this nutritional situation present reduced reproductive capacity and increase the risk of adverse outcomes during pregnancy. Overweight has intensified among young people of different ages throughout the industrialized world[2]. In the few studies that have addressed this population in the age group advocated by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (20 to 24 years)(1,4,7), the frequency of overweight cases already reaches one third[2,8,9]. In some studies this prevalence is presented, the question of risk factors or protection is not considered

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