The association between self perceptions of psychological well‐being and overweight in Brazilian children

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ID15535781
AutoresSílvia Letícia Alexius (0000-0002-2970-6133, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, autor de correspondencia), Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto (0000-0002-3950-4594), Ruth Liane Henn (0000-0002-5056-4934, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos), Marcos Pascoal Pattussi (0000-0003-2947-4229, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos)
Año2010
Volumen8
Número2
Páginas267-274
Fecha de publicación2010-07-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMaternal and Child Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1740-8695 • E-ISSN: 1740-8709
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00267.x
PMID22405702
OpenAlexW1499320106
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas13

Our objective was to estimate the prevalence and test the association between psychological well-being and overweight in children. We conducted a cross-sectional study using anthropometrical measures and interviews with 1048 6-10-year-old school children from a Brazilian town. Overweight was assessed by the body mass index and included obesity. Psychological data of children and their parents were collected using a face scale. Poisson regression models were used to test the associations and to obtain unadjusted and adjusted prevalence ratios (PR). The prevalence of overweight was of 15.3% (95% CI: 13.2-17.6) and of only obesity was 3.8% (2.8-5.2). After controlling for age, sex, school type and parental overweight, the prevalence of overweight was 52% and 44% higher in children who reported a psychological dissatisfaction in themselves and in their mothers when compared with those with positive self perception (PR = 1.52 95% CI = 1.02-2.28; P = 0.038) and (PR = 1.44 95% CI = 1.00-2.09; P = 0.049), respectively. The study suggests that actions aiming weight control of children should take into account psychological aspects of children and their families

Association (psychology · Body mass index · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Obesity · Overweight · Poisson regression · Population · Test (biology · Demography · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Internal Medicine