Variables associated with family breakdown in healthy and obese/ overweigh adolescents

Revista Paulista de Pediatria

Carla Cristina J. N. De Almeida¹  Paula De Oliveira Mora¹  Valmir Aparecido De Oliveira¹  Camila Aparecida João¹  Carolina Regina João¹  Ana Carolina Riccio¹  Carlos Alberto N. De Almeida¹ 

关键词: obesity;    child;    adolescent;    nuclear family;    family relations;    obesidad;    niño;    adolescente;    núcleo familiar;    relaciones familiares;    obesidade;    criança;    adolescente;    núcleo familiar;    relações familiares;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-05822014000100012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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.

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