Obesogenic Clusters Associated with Weight Status in Brazilian Adolescents of the Movimente School-Base Intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

the relationship between behavior clusters and weight status, mainly in low- and middle-income countries, remains unclear. This study aimed to examine the association between profiles of physical activity (PA), diet and sedentary behavior (SB) with weight status in adolescents from a southern Brazilian city, according to sex.

Methods

data from the Movimente Intervention study were analyzed (n = 812 / mean age 13.0 years (sd 1.04). Data on SB hours per day, PA minutes per week and weekly consumption frequencies of fruits, vegetables, salty snacks, candies and soda were self-reported on the validated Movimente questionnaire. Classes of healthy and unhealthy behaviors were derived by latent class analysis. Logistic regression analysis was used to

SUBMITTER: de Mello GT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8507682 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature