Thatiana Maia Tolentino

Low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity of children and adolescents from a Brazilian region of low economic status.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity in a representative sample of children and adolescents from a Brazilian region with low economic development. METHODS: A total of 982 girls and 986 boys, aged seven to 17 years old and assisted by Segundo Tempo Program, from Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil, were included in the study. Low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity were defined based on body mass cut-off indexes recommended by the International Obesity Task Force. The prevalence of the nutritional status according to sex and age was compared by chi-square test. RESULTS: In girls, the frequency of low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity was 4.1, 18.4 and 3.8%, respectively; in boys, these percentages were 6.3, 13.2 and 2.9%, respectively. The low body weight/thinness for girls raised from 2.7% (7-10 years old) to 5.5% (15-17 years old); the body weight excess (overweight and obesity) decreased from 30.1 to 16.2% for the same age groups. In boys, the corresponding trends were from 3.2 to 9.4% for low body weight/thinness, and from 23.4 to 9.2%, for body weight excess. CONCLUSIONS: The data indicate that, even in a region with low economic status, the body weight excess was the main problem associated with nutritional health. The high overweight and obesity prevalence rates indicate the need of public policies for promoting healthy feeding behaviors and physical activity.Objective: To assess the prevalence of low body weight/ thinness, overweight and obesity in a representative sample of children and adolescents from a Brazil...

A medida do bem-estar subjetivo em jovens Fisicamente ativos e não ativos

Introducao: A dinâmica tecnologica e social na sociedade sugere as inumeras areas da ciencia um desenvolvimento de recursos humanos para que as pessoas tenham longevidade e qualidade de vida e busquem um bem-estar em suas vidas. Com isso, o bem-estar e destaque nas pesquisas sobre a realizacao e frequencia da atividade fisica no cotidiano da saude das pessoas. Objetivo: verificar a estrutura fatorial da escala de bem-estar subjetivo (MUNSH) em adolescentes brasileiros ativos e nao ativos fisicamente. Metodo: Participaram 1864 adolescentes de 12 a 20 anos de idade, residentes em uma no norte do estado de Minas Gerais – Brasil. Estes responderam o inventario de bem estar subjetivo, questoes referentes a pratica e frequencia de atividade fisica e socio-demografia. Resultados: Atraves de uma analise fatorial confirmatoria, no pacote estatistico AMOS, a estrutura fatorial da escala revelou indicadores psicometricos que estiveram proximos aos exigidos pela literatura estatistica sobre modelagem estrutural. Conclusao: MUNNSH evidencia uma excelente robustez na fatorialidade para os jovens que fazem atividades fisicas e tem maior frequencia semanal nas atividades.

Bajo peso corporal/delgadez, sobrepeso y obesidad de niños y adolescentes de una región brasileña de bajo desarrollo económico

OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity in a representative sample of children and adolescents from a Brazilian region with low economic development. METHODS: A total of 982 girls and 986 boys, aged seven to 17 years old and assisted by Segundo Tempo Program, from Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil, were included in the study. Low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity were defined based on body mass cut-off indexes recommended by the International Obesity Task Force. The prevalence of the nutritional status according to sex and age was compared by chi-square test. RESULTS: In girls, the frequency of low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity was 4.1, 18.4 and 3.8%, respectively; in boys, these percentages were 6.3, 13.2 and 2.9%, respectively. The low body weight/thinness for girls raised from 2.7% (7-10 years old) to 5.5% (15-17 years old); the body weight excess (overweight and obesity) decreased from 30.1 to 16.2% for the same age groups. In boys, the corresponding trends were from 3.2 to 9.4% for low body weight/thinness, and from 23.4 to 9.2%, for body weight excess. CONCLUSIONS: The data indicate that, even in a region with low economic status, the body weight excess was the main problem associated with nutritional health. The high overweight and obesity prevalence rates indicate the need of public policies for promoting healthy feeding behaviors and physical activity.Objective: To assess the prevalence of low body weight/ thinness, overweight and obesity in a representative sample of children and adolescents from a Brazil...

Baixo peso corporal/magreza, sobrepeso e obesidade de crianças e adolescentes de uma região brasileira de baixo desenvolvimento econômico

OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity in a representative sample of children and adolescents from a Brazilian region with low economic development. METHODS: A total of 982 girls and 986 boys, aged seven to 17 years old and assisted by Segundo Tempo Program, from Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil, were included in the study. Low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity were defined based on body mass cut-off indexes recommended by the International Obesity Task Force. The prevalence of the nutritional status according to sex and age was compared by chi-square test. RESULTS: In girls, the frequency of low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity was 4.1, 18.4 and 3.8%, respectively; in boys, these percentages were 6.3, 13.2 and 2.9%, respectively. The low body weight/thinness for girls raised from 2.7% (7-10 years old) to 5.5% (15-17 years old); the body weight excess (overweight and obesity) decreased from 30.1 to 16.2% for the same age groups. In boys, the corresponding trends were from 3.2 to 9.4% for low body weight/thinness, and from 23.4 to 9.2%, for body weight excess. CONCLUSIONS: The data indicate that, even in a region with low economic status, the body weight excess was the main problem associated with nutritional health. The high overweight and obesity prevalence rates indicate the need of public policies for promoting healthy feeding behaviors and physical activity.Objective: To assess the prevalence of low body weight/ thinness, overweight and obesity in a representative sample of children and adolescents from a Brazil...