Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2010 Jul;26(7):1303-13.
doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2010000700009.

[Temporal evolution of overweight and obesity among Brazilian male adolescents, 1980-2005]

[Article in Portuguese]
Vera Lucia de Vasconcelos Chaves  1 , Eduardo Freese, Tiago Maria Lapa, Eduarda Angela Pessoa Cesse, Ana Lucia Ribeiro de Vasconcelos
Affiliations
Free article

[Temporal evolution of overweight and obesity among Brazilian male adolescents, 1980-2005]

[Article in Portuguese]
Vera Lucia de Vasconcelos Chaves et al. Cad Saude Publica. 2010 Jul.
Free article

Abstract

Analysis of the temporal trend in obesity shows the increasing risk posed by this condition worldwide. This article aims to verify and compare the prevalence rates for overweight and obesity in male adolescents in all States of Brazil, from 1980 to 2005. We used the Brazilian Army's database, with 8,989,508 males 17-19 years of age. We defined overweight as body mass index (BMI) from 25 kg/m2 to 29.9 kg/m2 and obesity as BMI>or=30 kg/m2. The analysis showed an increasing trend in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in all States of Brazil for the period studied. There was a three-fold increase in adolescents with overweight and a six-fold increase in obesity. The absolute numbers for overweight were higher than for obesity, but the rate of increase over the period was greater for obesity. Analyzing the trend in prevalence rates by five-year period, we observed that from 1980 to 2005, as the prevalence of overweight decreased, that of obesity increased in all States of Brazil.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources