Dados Sobre as Condições De Trabalho, Perfil De Saúde E Nutrição De Agricultores Familiares De Teresina – Pi, Brasil

Prevalence of overweight and obesity and increased risk for cardiovascular disease and associated factors in farming families in southern Brazil

“…However, when analyzing data corresponding to rural population, in United States, prevalence of OO ranges from 71% to 82.5% (28)(29)(30) , and in Ireland, the prevalence is around 86% (31) , both higher than those identified in the present study (59%). In Brazil, the prevalence of OO is above 50% (14,32) , like results of this study. Thus, it is identified that prevalence varies according to investigated population, however, there is a high prevalence of OO in studied farmers, reinforcing the need to study and address this population health.…”

“…Reinforcing these findings, according to Pohl (2018) (35) , most participants at very high risk for CVD (43.8%) were aged ≥ 60 years. Still, according to Mendes, Alberto and Rocha (2019) (14) , high risk for CVD was present in 20.0% of adults investigated but reaching 75.0% in elderly. According to Luz (2018) (8) , being 41 to 50 years old increased the chance of having two or more risk factors for CVD by 3.51 times, and those aged 50 years or more had a chance increased by 5.60 times.…”

“…for CVD (35) , which proved contrary to those identified in present study, once we can observe a higher prevalence among women. In Northeast of Brazil, prevalence of very high risk for CVD in rural population was 40.0%, highlighting it was only present in adult women (14) . In addition, reinforcing present study findings, according to Batista (2015) (32) , in a survey conducted with farmers in Minas Gerais, a very high risk for CVD was identified in 44.83% of individuals, being more prevalent among women (73.7%).…”

“…Overweight and obesity (OO) presence has been associated with age, income, psychological stress, sedentary lifestyle and chronic non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension and cancer (1,2,(10)(11)(12)(13) . Therefore, the very high risk for CVD is associated with advanced age, sedentary lifestyle, diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, weight excess and body fat (8,11,14) . In addition, high WC values increases multimorbidity's chances more than twice (15) .…”