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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH BODY MASS INDEX IN BRAZILIAN CHILDREN: STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL
Estado nutricional
Criança
Modelagem de equações estruturais
Brasil
Alternative title
Factores asociados con el índice de masa corporal en niños brasileños: modelo de ecuacionesAuthor
Affilliation
Federal University of Minas Gerais. School of Nursing. Department Maternal Infant and Public Health. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Federal University of Bahia. Nutrition School. Nutrition Science Department. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Federal University of Bahia. Institute of Mathematics. Department of Statistics. Salvador, BA, Brazil / Federal University of Bahia. Institute of Public Health. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Federal University of Bahia. Institute of Public Health. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Federal University of Minas Gerais. School of Nursing. Department Maternal Infant and Public Health. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Federal University of Bahia. Nutrition School. Nutrition Science Department. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Federal University of Bahia. Institute of Mathematics. Department of Statistics. Salvador, BA, Brazil / Federal University of Bahia. Institute of Public Health. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Federal University of Bahia. Institute of Public Health. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Federal University of Minas Gerais. School of Nursing. Department Maternal Infant and Public Health. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Abstract
Overweight and obesity in children is an important global problem. Its prevalence is increasing in developed and developing countries. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between socioeconomic conditions, maternal body mass index (BMI), food
security, and intake of obesogenic foods on excess body weight in children.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, using the data of 3,676 children from the latest National Demographic and Health Survey in
Brazil. The children’s BMI was the study outcome. Socioeconomic condition, maternal BMI, food security, and intake of obesogenic foods were
use as predictors. structural equation models were used for analysis.
Results: Socioeconomic conditions directly infl uenced the children’s BMI (β = 0.102; p = 0.02), mediated by intake of obesogenic foods (β =
0.018; p = 0.04). A direct association was observed between maternal and child BMIs (β = 0.169; p < 0.001) and intake of obesogenic foods
and child BMI (β = 0.114; p < 0.001).
Conclusions: Favorable socioeconomic conditions, increased maternal BMI, and intake of obesogenic foods contributed to increased child BMI.
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prevalencia
en las poblaciones de los países desarrollados y en desarrollo.
Objetivo: el objetivo de este estudio fue estimar la asociación entre las condiciones socioeconómicas, el consumo y el exceso de peso corporal
en los niños.
Métodos: estudio transversal de una muestra probabilística representativa de la población brasileira que incluyó 3.676 niños provenientes de la
última Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud. El índice de masa corporal (IMC) de los niños fue la variable desenlace. El nivel socioeconómico,
IMC materno, inseguridad a la hora de alimentarles y el consumo de alimentos obesogénicos fueron consideradas variables independientes. Las
ecuaciones estructurales fueron usadas como método de análisis.
Resultados: las condiciones socioeconómicas infl uyeron directamente el IMC de los niños (β = 0,102; p = 0,02), mediado por la ingesta de
alimentos obesogénicos (β = 0,018; p = 0,04). Se observó asociación directa entre el IMC de la madre y del niño (β = 0,169; p < 0,001) y
entre el consumo de alimentos obesogénicos y el IMC del niño (β = 0,114; p < 0,001).
Conclusiones: la condición socioeconómica favorable, el IMC materno y la ingesta de alimentos obesogénicos pueden potencialmente contribuir
para el aumento del IMC del niño.
Keywords in Portuguese
Fatores de riscoEstado nutricional
Criança
Modelagem de equações estruturais
Brasil
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