OBJECTIVE: To determine differences and similarities in the prevalence of abdominal obesity and its associated factors among adolescents of two economically different Brazilian regions. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,065 students aged 14 to 17 years, including 601 from the Center West of Santa Catarina, and 464 from the North Minas Gerais. Abdominal obesity was determined by means of the waist circumference measurement. Independent variables included sociodemographic data, body adiposity, and behavior related to physical activity. […]

OBJECTIVE: To verify the association between the behavioral, biopsychological, and socioeconomic factors in overweight and obese students. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The sample involved 393 students from state and private schools in Florianópolis/SC, mean age of 9.9 ± 1.7, with 41% male subjects. A questionnaire adapted from Oliveira e cols. was applied in the interview; anthropometric information (body mass and height) was used to calculate the BMI, and individuals were classified in overweight and obese according to Conde and Monteiro. RESULTS: […]

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the predictive capacity of Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist Circumference (WC) and Triceps Skin Folds (TSF) to diagnose of lipid abnormalities and to suggest cutoff points for these measures in order to identify this disease in children. METHODOLOGY: It was measured the BMI, WC, TSF and lipid profiles of 374 schoolchildren (11,25 ± 0,28 years) from the public education system of Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Area under the ROC curve (95%CI), sensitivity, specificity and predictive values were […]