Linhares Angélica Ozório, Gigante Denise Petrucci, Linhares Rogério da Silva, Minten Gicele Costa, Horta Bernardo Lessa
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
Rev Bras Epidemiol. 2013 Sep;16(3):737-47. doi: 10.1590/s1415-790x2013000300017.
The objective of this article was to identify, among the members of the 1982 birth cohort in Pelotas, those who were trying to lose weight at the age of 23, and which strategies they used. From 2004 to 2005, 4,297 individuals from the 1982 cohort were interviewed. The effects of demographic, socioeconomic and behavioral factors on the prevalence of any strategy to lose weight in the past year were assessed in a cross-sectional analysis with the Poisson regression. Out of all the youngsters interviewed, 28.5% reported having used some strategy to lose weight. In the adjusted analysis, gender, schooling, family income, body mass index and smoking were associated with the use of some strategy. The strategy used by most of the young people was diet followed by physical activity. The results showed that appropriate preventive measures and body weight control are necessary, along with public policies aimed at encouraging healthy habits among young people, including physical and dietary education.
本文的目的是在佩洛塔斯1982年出生队列的成员中，找出那些在23岁时试图减肥的人，以及他们所采用的策略。2004年至2005年，对1982年队列中的4297人进行了访谈。在一项采用泊松回归的横断面分析中，评估了人口统计学、社会经济和行为因素对过去一年中任何减肥策略流行率的影响。在所有接受访谈的年轻人中，28.5%的人报告使用过某种减肥策略。在调整分析中，性别、受教育程度、家庭收入、体重指数和吸烟与使用某种策略有关。大多数年轻人采用的策略是节食，其次是体育锻炼。结果表明，采取适当的预防措施和控制体重是必要的，同时还需要出台公共政策，鼓励年轻人养成健康的习惯，包括体育和饮食教育。
