TEMPORARY VARIATION OF EXCESSIVE WEIGHT OF ABDOMINAL OBESITY IN ADOLESCENTS OF SALVADOR
Adolescent, overweight, abdominal obesity.
Overweight has shown an increase in global prevalence, including in adolescents, becoming a global concern due to its relation with adverse health conditions and negative effects on quality of life. The present study is a cross-sectional study with repeated data that used information from three cross-sectional studies conducted in different periods and evaluated variations in the prevalence of overweight and abdominal obesity in adolescents. The sample consisted of 2,496 adolescents of both sexes. The presence of overweight was characterized by BMI / I ≥ Percentile 85, and abdominal obesity was characterized by values of ≥ 0.5 TSC and for CC the Taylor p80 was used. The level of statistical significance was adopted at 5%. In the statistical analysis, the Pooled OLS regression was used since the data were independent. It was decided to present the results in the form of an article. In the results of the article "Temporal variation of overweight and abdominal obesity in adolescents", it is possible to observe that the excess weight rates increased 104% and the indicators of abdominal obesity, WC and WHR, presented growth of 153% and 142 %, respectively. The results were controlled by sex and age of the adolescent.