Efectos de la actividad física y del nivel socioeconómico en el sobrepeso y obesidad de escolares, Lima Este 2005

Alcibíades Bustamante V; André F Seabra; Rui M Garganta; José A Maia

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2007.242.1095

Authors

Alcibíades Bustamante V Laboratorio de Cineantropometria e Estatística Aplicada, Faculdade de Desporto,Universidade do Porto. Porto, Portugal. Universidad Nacional de Educación “Enrique Guzmán y Valle”. Lima, Perú. Profesor de Educación Física. Maestro en Desarrollo Motor.
André F Seabra Laboratorio de Cineantropometria e Estatística Aplicada, Faculdade de Desporto,Universidade do Porto. Porto, Portugal. Profesor de Educación Física. Doctor en Ciencias del Deporte.
Rui M Garganta Laboratorio de Cineantropometria e Estatística Aplicada, Faculdade de Desporto,Universidade do Porto. Porto, Portugal. Profesor de Educación Física. Doctor en Ciencias del Deporte.
José A Maia Laboratorio de Cineantropometria e Estatística Aplicada, Faculdade de Desporto,Universidade do Porto. Porto, Portugal. Profesor de Educación Física. Doctor en Antropología del Deporte.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2007.242.1095

Keywords:

Obesity, Physical activity, Social conditions, Child

Abstract

Objectives: To document the prevalence of overweight and obesity, as well as to determine the influence of socioeconomic status and physical activity levels in body mass index (BMI) of school students aged 6 to 11 years. Material and methods: Be evaluated 4191 children of seven educational institutions of East Lima. Overweight and obesity were assessed by BMI, physical activity levels were evaluated from a questionnaire developed by Godin and Shephard, and for the characterization of socioeconomic status (SES) we used as criteria the school where subjects study. Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 22% and 7%, respectively, 32,9% of children were considered as little active. The students of higher SES have a great risk of developing overweight (OR: 3,9; 95CI: 3,1- 4,9) or obesity (OR: 11,5; CI95: 7,3-18,2) adjusted to age, sex and physical activity level. No significant association was found between physical activity levels and overweight or obesity. Conclusions: The prevalence of overweight and obesity was found reinforce the world concern with infantile obesity and its consequences in the future. The most influential factors of overweight and obesity were SES, age and sex. Physical activity doesn’t present any significant association.