title: Overweight and obesity and factors associated with menopause.
abstract: This study aims to check the association between overweight and obesity and sociodemographic, behavioral and clinical factors in menopausal women. A cross-sectional study of a sample of 253 menopausal women who answered questions about socioeconomic and demographic factors, health in general, eating habits and behaviors. Body-mass index (BMI) was used to assess participant nutritional status. The Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) was used to assess quality of life. To assess sexual performance we used SQ-F (Sexual Quotient, Female Version). We used bivariate analysis and hierarchical multiple regression to identify the factors associated with being overweight during menopause. Using BMI we found that 30.8% of the sample was overweight and 35.2% obese, totaling 66% overweight women in the sample. In the multiple analysis, not owning a home, the severity of symptoms using MRS, use of continuous use medication and having been on any type of diet were associated with being overweight or obese. Nutritional intervention for weight control and changing behaviors could produce considerable benefits in terms of the health and quality of life of menopausal women.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Faculdades Integradas Pitágoras de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brasil, jaquelinettg@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jaqueline Teixeira Teles
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marise Fagundes
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Faculdades Integradas Pitágoras de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Cecília Costa
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Unimontes, Montes Claros, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Lúcia Helena Rodrigues
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity; D050177:Overweight; D011788:Quality of Life