Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the presence of family breakdown factors among eutrophic and overweight/obese adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional study of 242 students aged between 14 and 19 years old, from a public school. Each student was weighed, measured and answered a questionnaire with closed questions addressing the presence of family breakdown factors. The adolescents were divided in two groups: euthophic and overweight/obese. The answers of both groups were compared by Fisher's exact and Mann-Whitney tests. RESULTS: There was no statistically significant difference in the prevalence of the studied factors between the two groups. Comparing the number of positive answers (presence of family breakdown factors) and negative ones (absence of family breakdown factors), no difference was observed between the groups. CONCLUSIONS: The inclusion of a control group showed that factors of family breakdown, usually identified as associated with obesity in adolescents, may also be present in eutrophic adolescents.
Source: Revista Paulista de Pediatria
Authors: Carla Cristina J. N. de Almeida, Paula de Oliveira Mora, Valmir Aparecido de Oliveira, Camila Aparecida Joao, Carolina Regina Joao, Ana Carolina Riccio, Carlos Alberto N. de Almeida
Institutions: Universidade de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2010775334