Table 3.
BMI Group per Individual and Household Characteristics of Adolescents Ages 12–17: Brazil, 2003–2004 and 2008–2009
| Brazil |
Northern regions (NNE) |
Southern regions (SSE) |
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| Underw. |
Normal |
Overw. |
Obese |
Underw. |
Normal |
Overw. |
Obese |
Underw. |
Normal |
Overw. |
Obese |
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| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 | Column 8 | Column 9 | Column 10 | Column 11 | Column 12 | |
| Total | 2.12 | 82.49 | 12.56 | 2.83 | 2.82 | 85.61 | 9.65 | 1.92 | 1.64 | 80.31 | 14.54 | 3.52 |
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| Parental education * (HS or more) | 27.41 | 29.06 | 34.78 | 39.76 | 22.09 | 22.12 | 31.01 | 39.56 | 32.64 | 33.76 | 36.45 | 40.58 |
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| Mean BMI ** | ||||||||||||
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| (Less than HS) | 19.99 (−0.052) | 19.59 (−0.177) | 20.31 (0.0480) | |||||||||
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| (HS or more) | 20.50 (0.104) | 20.21 (0.022) | 20.64 (0.143) | |||||||||
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| Per capita household income | 423.55 | 479.57 | 614.29 | 692.33 | 197.42 | 280.56 | 431.35 | 623.70 | 658.12 | 621.68 | 699.00 | 719.90 |
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| SD | 941.91 | 819.13 | 891.69 | 925.52 | 238.82 | 559.81 | 863.13 | 1220.70 | 1259.28 | 915.85 | 877.96 | 788.42 |
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| Mean BMI ** | ||||||||||||
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| (First quartile) | 19.28 (−0.204) | 19.08 (−0.230) | 19.55 (−0.163) | |||||||||
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| (Fourth quartile) | 20.81 (0.185) | 20.69 (0.137) | 20.85 (0.200) | |||||||||
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| Healthy food index | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.46 |
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| SD | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.33 |
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| Attends school? (% yes) | 94.73 | 93.29 | 91.14 | 92.24 | 96.35 | 93.04 | 90.82 | 95.55 | 93.31 | 93.39 | 90.92 | 91.01 |
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| Race (% white) | 41.81 | 44.79 | 54.15 | 48.53 | 21.32 | 24.83 | 27.18 | 28.62 | 66.62 | 60.48 | 68.22 | 57.13 |
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| Parental obesity | ||||||||||||
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| None overweight/obese | 45.89 | 27.71 | 17.09 | 4.91 | 48.95 | 31.97 | 19.20 | 7.58 | 43.05 | 24.39 | 16.23 | 3.63 |
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| Only father overweight or obese | 21.10 | 23.67 | 22.29 | 23.31 | 16.35 | 20.78 | 18.88 | 13.88 | 26.36 | 25.46 | 23.65 | 27.02 |
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| Only mother overweight or obese | 20.44 | 23.26 | 17.97 | 17.78 | 24.35 | 24.34 | 22.60 | 26.02 | 15.61 | 23.02 | 15.80 | 15.02 |
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| Both overweight/obese | 12.58 | 25.36 | 42.65 | 54.00 | 10.35 | 22.91 | 39.32 | 52.52 | 14.98 | 27.14 | 44.32 | 54.32 |
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| Poor? (% yes) | 34.28 | 24.16 | 14.48 | 10.87 | 50.70 | 43.21 | 33.41 | 26.73 | 15.57 | 10.46 | 5.33 | 5.04 |
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| Region of residence * | ||||||||||||
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| Northern regions | 51.86 | 40.52 | 30.01 | 26.50 | ||||||||
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| Southern regions | 41.94 | 53.02 | 63.04 | 67.75 | ||||||||
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| Midwest | 6.20 | 6.46 | 6.95 | 5.75 | ||||||||
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| N | 641 | 22,638 | 3,171 | 673 | 415 | 13,259 | 1,557 | 308 | 141 | 6,369 | 1,127 | 266 |
Source: Own elaboration based on 2003 and 2008 POF.
*
Row sum,
**
Mean BMI and Z-score in parenthesis.