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- Title
OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY: ASSOCIATION WITH THE SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.
- Authors
Sátiro Vieira, Eduardo Emanuel; de Sousa Nobre, Roseanne; Zampier Ulbrich, Anderson; Nunes Carvalho, Gerdane Celene; Alves Cortez, Ramiro Marx; Vilarouca da Silva, Ana Roberta
- Abstract
Objective: to evaluate the prevalence of overweight and obesity and the association with the socioeconomic level of university students. Method: a quantitative cross-sectional study carried out in a public university with 550 university students of both sexes and aged between 18 and 51 years. Nutritional status was estimated using the Body Mass Index and the socioeconomic level, using a standardized questionnaire. The data was analyzed in SPSS software 20.0 and presented in a figure and tables. Results: the majority of university students were women (66.2%). The prevalence of overweight was 20.4%. The students classified in the middle and high socioeconomic levels presented 2.86 and 3.46 more chances of developing excess weight, respectively. Conclusion: university students presented a considerable prevalence of overweight and individuals at higher socioeconomic levels were more likely to be overweight and obese.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; AGE distribution; CHI-squared test; COLLEGE students; RESEARCH methodology; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; SEX distribution; STATISTICS; LOGISTIC regression analysis; SAMPLE size (Statistics); DATA analysis; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; BODY mass index; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2017, Vol 11, Issue 10, p3807
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5205/reuol.12834-30982-1-SM.1110201714