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Combined effect of short stature and socioeconomic status on body mass index and weight gain during reproductive age in Brazilian women
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Autores: Sichieri,R.; Silva,C.V.C.; Moura,A.S.
Short stature, a marker for undernutrition early in life, has been associated with obesity in Brazilian women, but not in men. We tested the hypothesis that weight gain during the reproductive years could explain this gender difference. A national two-stage household survey of mothers with one or more children under five years of age was conducted in Brazil in 1996. The subjects were women aged 20 to 45 years (N = 2297), with last delivery seven months or more prior to the interview. The regions of the country were divided into rural, North/Northeast (urban underdeveloped) and South/Southeast/Midwest (urban developed). The dependent variables were current body mass index (BMI) measured, BMI prior to childbearing (reported), and BMI change. Socioeconomic...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Parity; Body mass index; Weight gain; Pregnancy; Overweight; Stature.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2003001000007