title: [Sociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with body adiposity in adolescents].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify sociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with abdominal obesity (AO) and high body fat percentage (high BF%) in adolescents from the city of Curitiba-PR.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample consisted of 1,732 adolescents, aged 11 to 19 years, of both genders. The triceps and calf skinfolds were measured for the calculation of BF%, as well as the waist circumference. A questionnaire was completed by adolescents with the following type of residence, socioeconomic status, time spent watching TV on weekdays and weekends, and daily energy expenditure. Logistic regression was used to measure the association of sociodemographic and behavioral variables with abdominal obesity and high BF%.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Female were more likely to have high BF% (OR: 2.73; 95% CI: 2.32-3.33), but were less likely to have abdominal obesity (OR: 0.58; 95% CI: 0.44-0.78). Older individuals (16-19 have high BF% (OR: 1.36; 95% CI: 1.02-1.83). The older age groups (13-15 years and 16-19 years) had an inverse association with abdominal obesity. Regarding daily energy expenditure, the less active individuals were more likely to present high BF% (OR: 1.36; 95% CI: 1.07-1.71) and obesity (OR: 1.40; 95% CI: 1.09-1.80).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions to increase physical activity levels in young people should be designed in order to combat excess body fat should designed to combat excess adiposity.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brasil. Electronic address: rdbozza@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bozza
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Wagner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: de Campos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Eliane Denise Araújo
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Bacil
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Valter Cordeiro
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Barbosa Filho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jennifer Morozini
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hardt
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Priscila Marques
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D050154:Adiposity; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056128:Obesity, Abdominal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Abdominal obesity; Adiposidade; Adiposity; Adolescent health; Obesidade abdominal; Saúde do adolescente