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Gender and socio-demographic distribution of body mass index: the nutrition transition in an adult Angolan community

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dc.contributor.authorPedro, João Mário
dc.contributor.authorBrito, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorBarros, Henrique
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-09T14:25:14Z
dc.date.available2018-10-09T14:25:14Z
dc.date.issued2018-10
dc.description.abstractThis cross-sectional survey with 2357 subjects aged 15 to 64 years from a rural-urban community in Bengo Province, Angola, aimed to evaluate the gender differences in the prevalence of body mass index categories and how socio-demographic characteristics influence it. Women presented a significantly higher prevalence of obesity (10.5% versus 2.8%) but the underweight frequency was similar to men (10.2% versus 12.4%). Overweight and obesity increased with age, with underweight being more prevalent in the age group 15 to 24 years. Obesity was more prevalent among individuals living with a companion (in a marital relation), decreased with education (in women), but was higher in rural areas, and for those with a higher family monthly income, in both genders. The prevalence of obesity and underweight were similar in women, reflecting a nutrition transition state. Like in other African communities, women present a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity them men, but the values of underweight are similar between genders. This stresses the need for designed health interventions for women, to face the double burden and accumulation of risk factors in women.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationPedro JM, Brito M, Barros H. Gender and socio-demographic distribution of body mass index: the nutrition transition in an adult Angolan community. J Public Health Afr. 2018;9(2):865.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.4081/jphia.2018.865pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/8900
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherPAGEpresspt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://publichealthinafrica.org/index.php/jphia/article/view/865pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectPublic healthpt_PT
dc.subjectUnderweightpt_PT
dc.subjectObesitypt_PT
dc.subjectPrevalencept_PT
dc.subjectNutritional transitionpt_PT
dc.subjectBody-mass indexpt_PT
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africapt_PT
dc.subjectAngolapt_PT
dc.titleGender and socio-demographic distribution of body mass index: the nutrition transition in an adult Angolan communitypt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue2pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage865pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Public Health in Africapt_PT
oaire.citation.volume9pt_PT
person.familyNameBrito
person.givenNameMiguel
person.identifier.ciencia-id231F-F341-7E93
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-6394-658X
person.identifier.ridA-7970-2016
person.identifier.scopus-author-id35224551000
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