Table 4.

Results from OLS Regression Models of Adolescent BMI Percentiles: Brazil, 2003–2008, 12–17 Years Old, BMI z-Score

	Brazil	Northern regions (NNE)	Southern regions (SSE)
BMI z-score	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Log of per capita household income	0.045***	0.042***	0.058***
	(0.0080)	(0.0104)	(0.0155)
Parental education—high school or more (no omitted)	0.055***	0.081***	0.017
	(0.0154)	(0.0209)	(0.0273)
Age in years	−0.005	0.008*	−0.016**
	(0.0035)	(0.0046)	(0.0065)
Sex (male omitted)	−0.009	0.034**	−0.048**
	(0.0118)	(0.0154)	(0.0221)
Parental obesity (none is overweight or obese omitted)
Only father overweight or obese	0.211***	0.197***	0.252***
	(0.0171)	(0.0224)	(0.0326)
Only mother overweight or obese	0.228***	0.233***	0.218***
	(0.0167)	(0.0210)	(0.0328)
Both overweight or obese	0.519***	0.494***	0.562***
	(0.0162)	(0.0211)	(0.0310)
Healthy food index	−0.023	−0.039	−0.057
	(0.0193)	(0.0251)	(0.0361)
Race (nonwhite omitted)	−0.002	−0.023	0.023
	(0.0130)	(0.0178)	(0.0235)
Urban or rural area? (Rural omitted)	−0.023*	−0.019	−0.029
	(0.0135)	(0.0172)	(0.0265)
Year (2003 omitted)	0.124***	0.102***	0.176***
	(0.0124)	(0.0162)	(0.0231)
Region (Southern regions omitted)
North and Northeast	−0.127***
	(0.0146)
Midwest	−0.016
	(0.0195)
Constant	−0.480***	−0.775***	−0.433***
	(0.0725)	(0.0895)	(0.1387)
N	27,123	15,539	7,903

Source: 2003 and 2008 POF.