Prevalence of overweight/obesity and associated factors among basic education teachers in a city in the north of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Autores

  • Lyllian Aparecida Vieira ALMEIDA Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros
  • Maria Fernanda Santos Figueiredo BRITO Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros
  • Lucinéia de PINHO Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros
  • Tatiana Almeida de MAGALHÃES Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros
  • Desirée Sant'Ana HAIKAL Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros
  • Marise Fagundes SILVEIRA Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Resumo

Objective
To estimate the prevalence of overweight/obesity and its associated factors among basic education teachers.
Methods
This is a cross-sectional study with probabilistic sampling by clustering. A questionnaire with socio-demographic, occupational, and psychosocial variables, as well as lifestyle, and health profiles was used.
Results
707 teachers participated in the study. Associations with overweight / obesity were found for the variables: the male gender, age >40 years, three or more children, workload, contracted/designated employment relationship, fat intake through meat, abusive consumption of alcoholic beverages, presence of depressive episodes, endocrine problems, arterial hypertension, and negative self-perception of health with the prevalence ratio ranging from 1.16 to 1.52 in the associated variables.
Conclusion
Overweight / obesity affected approximately half of those surveyed. There is a relationship between sociodemographic, occupational, and psychosocial variables and lifestyles, on the one hand, and health factors and the presence of overweight / obesity in teachers, on the other. Measures must be implemented on modifiable factors, aiming to promote their quality of life.

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07-07-2022

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Vieira ALMEIDA, L. A. ., Santos Figueiredo BRITO, M. F. ., de PINHO, L. ., Almeida de MAGALHÃES, T. ., Sant’Ana HAIKAL, D., & Fagundes SILVEIRA, M. (2022). Prevalence of overweight/obesity and associated factors among basic education teachers in a city in the north of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Revista De Nutrição, 34, 1–14. Recuperado de https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/6251

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THEMATIC SECTION HUNGER, FOOD AND NUTRITION AND COVID-19