Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/65678
Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Cluster of risk and protective factors for obesity among brazilian adolescents
Authors: Emanuella Gomes Maia
Larissa Loures Mendes
Adriano Marçal Pimenta
Renata Bertazzi Levy
Rafael Moreira Claro
Abstract: This study aims to identify and analyze clusters formed by risk and protective factors for obesity among Brazilian adolescents. Cross-sectional data collected in a national representative sample of adolescents by the Brazilian NationalSchool Health Survey of 2012 were used (n = 109,104). Cluster analysis was applied to identify clusters involving dietary intake, eating behavior, physical activity and sedentary behaviors. Logistic regression was employed to contextualize the clusters according to students’ sociodemographics and schools’ characteristics. Two clusters were identified. Cluster 1 was predominantly characterized by the low frequency of both risk and protective factors for obesity; Cluster 2 was characterized by high frequency of both of these factors. None was essentially healthy or unhealthy. Adolescents from less developed regions and with mothers with lower education level were associated to Cluster 1. The identification of two mixed clusters indicate wide spread obesity risk among scholars in the country. The association between the clusters and sociodemographic characteristics of the population allows a greater refinement of health promotion and obesity prevention and combat actions in Brazil.
Subject: Obesidade
Análise por Conglomerados
Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde
Adolescente
Fatores de Risco
Saúde Pública
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: ENF - DEPARTAMENTO DE NUTRIÇÃO
Rights: Acesso Restrito
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-1053-7
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/65678
Issue Date: 15-Nov-2017
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00038-017-1053-7
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: International Journal of Public Health
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