Common mental disorders in Brazilian adolescents

Association With School Characteristics, Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Waist-to-Height Ratio

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ID5166166
AutoresLucia Helena Almeida Gratão (0000-0001-5817-5784, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Thales Philipe Rodrigues Da Silva (0000-0002-7115-0925, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil; Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil), Luciana Lins Rocha (0000-0002-5963-6033, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Mariana Zogbi Jardim (0000-0002-3874-8001, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Tatiana Resende Prado Rangel De Oliveira (0000-0002-2487-6379, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais), Cristiane De Freitas Cunha Grillo (0000-0003-2216-7904, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Larissa L Mendes (0000-0003-0776-6845, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Año2024
Volumen40
Número4
Páginase00068423-e00068423
Fecha de publicación2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311xen068423
PMID38775572
OpenAlexW4397025977
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2024000401406
IdiomaIT
Referencias citadas47

Half of all mental health problems diagnosed in adulthood have their onset before or during adolescence, especially common mental disorders (CMD). Thus, it is relevant to study the factors associated with these disorders. This study aimed to investigate the association of school characteristics, consumption of ultra-processed foods, and waist-to-height ratio with the presence of CMD in Brazilian adolescents. This is a school-based, cross-sectional study that analyzed data from 71,553 Brazilian adolescents aged 12-17 years. The prevalence of CMD in these adolescents was 17.1% (cut-off point 5 for the General Health Questionnaire-12). Associations were estimated using multilevel logistic models, with the presence of CMD as the dependent variable. The final model, adjusted for non-modifiable individual variables, modifiable individual variables and family characteristics, identified a positive association between private-funded schools (OR = 1.10; 95%CI: 1.07-1.14), advertisements for ultra-processed foods (OR = 1.13; 95%CI: 1.09-1.17), the second to fourth quartiles of ultra-processed food intake and waist-to-height ratio (OR = 2.26; 95%CI: 2.03-2.52). This study demonstrated that the private-funded schools , the presence of ultra-processed food advertisements, the consumption of ultra-processed food, and an increased waist-to-height ratio are risk factors for CMD in Brazilian adolescents

Association (psychology) · Body mass index · Confidence interval · Consumption (sociology) · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Mental health · Odds ratio · Psychiatry · Quartile · Waist · Waist-to-height ratio · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Demography · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Gerontology