title: [Overweight and obesity in school children: association between biopsychological, socioeconomic and behavioral factors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To verify the association between the behavioral, biopsychological, and socioeconomic factors in overweight and obese students.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample involved 393 students from state and private schools in Florianópolis/SC, mean age of 9.9 ± 1.7, with 41% male subjects. A questionnaire adapted from Oliveira e cols. was applied in the interview; anthropometric information (body mass and height) was used to calculate the BMI, and individuals were classified in overweight and obese according to Conde and Monteiro.
  
  
  RESULTS
  As for the distribution of obesity and overweight by gender, girls showed a similar degree, while among boys, overweight individuals represented 77% of the sample. There were associations between female gender, economic status, ethnicity, school, and type of food with p ranging from < 0.001 to 0.003.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was found that the behavioral, biopsychological, and socioeconomic factors seem to interfere with overweight and obesity in students of Florianópolis.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educação Física, Centro de Ciências da Saúde e do Esporte, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. nanaguim@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Adriana Coutinho de Azevedo
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.forename: Isabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Feijó
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Zenite
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Sílvia Rosane
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Parcias
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012574:Schools; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors