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Pediatría Atención Primaria
versión impresa ISSN 1139-7632
Resumen
NINATANTA ORTIZ, JA; NUNEZ ZAMBRANO, LA; GARCIA FLORES, SA y ROMANI ROMANI, F. Factors associated with overweight and obesity in high school students. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria [online]. 2017, vol.19, n.75, pp.209-221. ISSN 1139-7632.
Objective:
to identify the associated factors to overweight and obesity in students of high school of an Andean region of northern of Peru.
Methods:
a cross sectional study was performed in a sample of 586 students, residing in two districts of Cajamarca region. We performed the anthropometric evaluation using the standards of child growth of the World Health Organization (using the score z of the body mass index). We applied a structured survey for recollect data of lifestyles, food consumption, physical activity, depressive symptoms questionnaire, bullying and weight perception. We performed a logistic regression was performed to identify associated characteristics.
Results:
the proportion of overweight and obesity was 22.9% and 6.8% of adolescents, respectively. Belonging to public schools was a protective factor for overweight (adjusted OR: 0.62, CI 95%: 0.39 to 0.99) regardless of gender, physical activity and depressive symptoms. Male gender (adjusted OR 2.05, 95% CI: 1.02 to 4.11) and low physical activity (adjusted OR: 4.14, 95% CI: 1.65 to 10.35) were risk factors for obesity, while belonging to public schools was a protective factor (adjusted OR 0.43, 95% CI: 0.20 to 0.92).
Conclusions:
the level of physical activity is the main factor associated with obesity; on the other hand, public school students have less chance of overweight and obesity. Schools represent environments to implement preventive interventions of overweight and obesity based on increased physical activity.
Palabras clave : Overweight; Obesity; Students; Adolescent.