title: Overweight and abdominal obseity in women users of a Family Health Strategy Unit.
abstract: We performed an investigation of the prevalence of overweight and abdominal obesity and associate variables in women. A cross-sectional study with 298 women (20-59 years), users of a Family Health Strategy unit, in São Paulo-SP. Overweight was considered as follows: body mass index>25kg/m²; abdominal obesity: waist circumference 0.80m or waist-hip ratio>0.85. Logistical regression analysis was performed. Overweight affected 56% of the women, 37% were overweight and 19% were obese, and was associated with age, family income, tobacco use and hypertension. Of all the participants, 59% had abdominal obesity associated to age and hypertension. A high prevalence of overweight and abdominal obesity was observed in the women, thus reinforcing the importance of assessing the waist circumference and/or waist-hip ratio in the physical examination, besides the body mass index, which are aspects that help to predict risk. It is evidenced there is a need for community interventions that promote the reduction of overweight and abdominal obesity.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, efujimor@usp.br.
authors.forename: Maria Fernanda
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Cristóvão
authors.forename: Ana Paula Sayuri
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fujimori
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity; D050177:Overweight; D012307:Risk Factors; D055105:Waist Circumference