Association between risk behaviors and adiposity indicators in adolescents from Southern Brazil: A methodological approach

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)
dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributorExercise and Health Laboratory, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
dc.creatorSilva, Danilo Rp
dc.creatorOhara, David
dc.creatorTomeleri, Crisieli M.
dc.creatorBatista, Mariana B.
dc.creatorFernandes, Rômulo A. [UNESP]
dc.creatorRonque, Enio Rv
dc.creatorSardinha, Luís B.
dc.creatorCyrino, Edilson S.
dc.date2015-12-07T15:37:09Z
dc.date2015-12-07T15:37:09Z
dc.date2015-08-26
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-12T07:36:49Z
dc.date.available2023-09-12T07:36:49Z
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367493515598642
dc.identifierJournal Of Child Health Care : For Professionals Working With Children In The Hospital And Community, 2015.
dc.identifier1741-2889
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/131535
dc.identifier10.1177/1367493515598642
dc.identifier26311484
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8780814
dc.descriptionThe aim of this study was to analyze the association between risk behaviors and adiposity indicators in adolescents and to discuss some methodological aspects related to this relationship. We evaluated 1,321 adolescents (55.2% female) aged 10-16 years. Relative body fat (%fat) by measurement of triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness and waist circumference (WC) were used as total and central adiposity indicators, respectively. Physical inactivity, time spent in front of the TV, the consumption of soda and/or chocolate, alcohol, and tobacco smoking were analyzed as risk behaviors. Information about the socioeconomic status (categorized into three levels) and nutritional status of the mother (overweight or normal weight) were used as adjustment factors in the analyses of prevalence ratio (PR) of the outcomes and their associated 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). The chi-square test and Poisson regression were used for statistical analyses. Low associations were found between risk behaviors and adiposity indicators. Tobacco smoking was the most positively correlated behavior with adiposity in girls (%fat: PR = 1.61; 95% CI = 1.04-2.47; WC: PR = 1.90; 95% CI = 1.17-3.08) and in adolescents whose mothers were normal weight (%fat: PR = 2.31; 95% CI = 1.33-4.03; WC: PR: 2.31; CI: 1.19-4.46). Additionally, as an important methodological issue, we highlighted the assessment of risk behaviors in adolescents as crucial to producing more robust evidence on the subject. Of the investigated behaviors, we concluded that tobacco smoking is the behavior most associated with adiposity indicators.
dc.descriptionStudy and Research Group in Metabolism, Nutrition, and Exercise (GEPEMENE), State University of Londrina (UEL), Londrina, Brazil danilorpsilva@gmail.com.
dc.descriptionStudy and Research Group in Metabolism, Nutrition, and Exercise (GEPEMENE), State University of Londrina (UEL), Londrina, Brazil.
dc.descriptionScientific Research Group Related to Physical Activity (GICRAF), Laboratory of Investigation in Exercise (LIVE), Department of Physical Education, State University of São Paulo (UNESP), Presidente Prudente, Brazil.
dc.descriptionExercise and Health Laboratory, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
dc.descriptionScientific Research Group Related to Physical Activity (GICRAF), Laboratory of Investigation in Exercise (LIVE), Department of Physical Education, State University of São Paulo (UNESP), Presidente Prudente, Brazil.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherThe Author(s) 2015.
dc.relationJournal Of Child Health Care : For Professionals Working With Children In The Hospital And Community
dc.rightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourcePubMed
dc.subjectAdolescent behavior
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectLifestyle risk factors
dc.subjectObesity
dc.titleAssociation between risk behaviors and adiposity indicators in adolescents from Southern Brazil: A methodological approach
dc.typeArtigo


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