2011
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-51502011000400003
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Prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade em professores da Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Abstract: OBJETIVO: Determinar a prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade, além de verificar a influência da massa corporal nos níveis glicêmicos dos professores da UFV. MÉTODOS: Estudo observacional com delineamento transversal em amostra de professores da UFV (n = 145), com idades entre 25 e 67 anos. A coleta de dados envolveu as medidas antropométricas de estatura, massa corporal (MC), dobras cutâneas, circunferência abdominal (CA) e perímetros de cintura e quadril. Foi também realizado análise de microamostras sanguínea… Show more

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“…Finally, the cross-sectional design of the study may have caused reverse causality, which could interfere with the interpretation of the results. However, the results obtained are in agreement with other studies 8,23,24 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
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“…Finally, the cross-sectional design of the study may have caused reverse causality, which could interfere with the interpretation of the results. However, the results obtained are in agreement with other studies 8,23,24 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…The prevalence of overweight/obesity found was higher than that reported by the Ministry of Health 18 for the city of Belo Horizonte, MG, in 2014, which was 48.5% in the adult population. This percentage was also higher than that observed among university teachers (51%) 8 , but lower than that found among bus drivers (73%) 7 . The difference between teachers and drivers may be explained by the longer period of time the latter spent sitting.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 66%
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“…Figura 2: Índice de massa corporal entre os motoristas analisados Oliveira et al 22 apontam que o IMC, apesar de ser mundialmente aceito como um referencial para estabelecer níveis de sobrepeso e obesidade, apresenta vulnerabilidade por não considerar a massa corporal magra, uma questão a ser levada em consideração nos homens, uma vez que a amostra do presente estudo foi composta em sua totalidade por indivíduos do sexo masculino.…”
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