title: [Physical, clinical, and psychosocial parameters of adolescents with different degrees of excess weight].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare body composition, hemodynamic parameters, health-related physical fitness, and health-related quality of life of adolescents with anthropometric diagnosis of overweight, obesity, and severe obesity.
  
  
  METHODS
  220 adolescents with excess body weight were enrolled. They were beginners in a intervention program that included patients based on age, availability, presence of excess body weight, place of residence, and agreement to participate in the study. This study collected anthropometric and hemodynamic variables, health-related physical fitness, and health-related quality of life of the adolescents. To compare the three groups according to nutritional status, parametric and non-parametric tests were applied. Significance level was set at p<0.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference in resting heart rate, health-related physical fitness, relative body fat, absolute and relative lean mass, and health-related quality of life between overweight, obese, and severely obese adolescents (p>0.05). Body weight, body mass index, waist and hip circumference, and systolic blood pressure increased as degree of excess weight increased (p<0.05). Dyastolic blood pressure of the severe obesity group was higher than the other groups (p<0.05). There was an association between the degree of excess weight and the prevalence of altered blood pressure (overweight: 12.1%; obesity: 28.1%; severe obesity: 45.5%; p<0.001). The results were similar when genders were analyzed separately.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest that overweight adolescents presented similar results compared to obese and severely obese adolescents in most of the parameters analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, PR, Brasil. Electronic address: drieliseron@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Vanessa Drieli Seron
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Antonini
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Danilo Fernandes
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Josiane Aparecida Alves
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bianchini
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Carlos Andres
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Lopera
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Amanda Caroline Teles
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: João Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Locateli
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Nelson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nardo Júnior
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050177:Overweight / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
keywords: Adolescent health; Atividade motora; Motor activity; Obesidade; Obesity; Overweight; Qualidade de vida; Quality of life; Saúde do adolescente; Sobrepeso