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- Title
ANALYSIS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.
- Authors
Cláudio Garcia Lira Neto, José; Pereira Da Silva, Andréa; Pereira Do Nascimento Costa, Elyzyane; Glécia Costa Lacerda, Mara; Vilarouca Da Silva, Ana Roberta; Wagner Júnior Freire De Freitas, Roberto
- Abstract
Objective: to analyze the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a population of university students. Method: cross-sectional and descriptive study in a Higher Education Institution of south-central Piauí/PI/Brazil, during the months of April and May 2011 with 101 students, of both sexes, belongs to four undergraduate degrees: nursing, administration, pedagogy and biological sciences. For the analysis of overweight, we used accurate measurements of weight and height, in addition to calculating the Body Mass Index. The project was approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research of the Federal University of Piauí, Protocol N.0016.0.045.000-11. Results: the female composed most of the subjects investigated (71.3%). Overweight was present in 24.8% of the sample, with higher percentages in males (44.4%), students in the course of administration (42.3%) and students in the 2nd year course (33.3%). Conclusion: overweight and obesity were present in large proportions in young subjects.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; BODY weight; COLLEGE students; CONFIDENCE intervals; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; RESEARCH methodology; OBESITY; PROBABILITY theory; STATISTICAL sampling; STATURE; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; QUANTITATIVE research; BODY mass index; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2012, Vol 6, Issue 11, p2770
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5205/reuol.2185-16342-1-LE.0611201220