ObjectiveIt has been suggested that the indicators of centralized obesity, namely by waist-to-hip circumference ratio (WHR) and waist circumference (WC), express different metabolic disorders. Thus, a study was conducted in order to verify the diagnostic potential of the relationship between these two measures and social, behavioral, and biological determinants of centralized obesity. MethodsTwo hierarchical multiple regression models were applied to a 1,042 subject sample from the city of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, in order to evaluate relationships between indicators and determinants for centralized obesity. Clinical, biochemical/laboratory, and behavioral surveys were carried out using standardized questionnaires. Evaluation included blood pressure, anthropometric measurements, and waist and hip circumference measurements.
O aumento da incidência de obesidade em segmentos pauperizados da sociedade levanta a questão sobre sua etiologia. Este trabalho pretende caracterizar a prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade nestas populações.Participaram da pesquisa 390 famílias, incluindo 782 indivíduos com idades iguais ou maiores de 19 anos, dos quais 360 (46,0%) eram homens e 422 (54,0%) mulheres. As prevalências de obesidade entre os homens das zonas urbana e rural foram de 5,6% e 5,8%, respectivamente. Em relação ao sobrepeso, esta incidência foi de cerca de 25% em ambas as regiões, evidenciando-se aumento com a idade. As prevalências de obesidade entre homens e mulheres foram, respectivamente, de 5,6% e 21,6% (p<0,05). Entre as mulheres a ocorrência de obesidade aumentou discretamente com a idade, com prevalências padronizadas de 19,8% na zona urbana e 23,4% na rural. Considerando tratar-se de uma população pauperizada, o excesso de peso, que atinge principalmente as mulheres, tem etiologia complexa e precisa ser melhor estudado.Termos de indexação: obesidade, sobrepeso, exclusão social, adulto, população periférica. A B S T R A C TIn impoverished segments of the society, the increase in the incidence of obesity raises a question concerned with its etiology. The objective of this paper is to characterize the prevalences of overweight and obesity in these populations. Three hundred and ninety families joined the program, including 782 individuals with
Chronic malnutrition in infancy and obesity associated with short stature in adulthood may share common biological and socio-environmental determinants. An analysis of intra-family nutrition status distribution patterns may provide elements for understanding the risk factors common to these physiological conditions. The purpose of this study is to ascertain how the intra-family distribution of nutritional conditions in pauperized families occurs, examining related social, environmental and biological factors. An impoverished population (income less than US$ 70) was studied in two rural areas of São Paulo State, Brazil: Monteiro Lobato and Santo Antônio do Pinhal. The sample consisted of members of these families, with 215 children younger than 71.11 months; mothers (197), fathers (167) and siblings (6 to 18 years of age). A hierarchical logistic regression analysis model was prepared. The mothers' educational levels, the number of rooms in the home, age below 24 months and problems at birth, were all associated with height deficits in children, together with short maternal stature, especially when associated with obesity. Additionally, a marked association was noted between height deficits in these children and chronic malnutrition among their older siblings (6 to 18 years old). Children aged 24 months or less presented more severe risks of delayed growth.
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