%0 Journal Article
%T The relationship between body mass index and lifestyle in a Brazilian adult population: a cross-sectional survey
%A Peixoto
%A Maria do Ros¨¢rio Gondim
%A Ben¨ªcio
%A Maria Helena D'Aquino
%A Jardim
%A Paulo C¨¦sar Brand£¿o Veiga
%J Cadernos de Sa¨²de P¨²blica
%D 2007
%I Escola Nacional de Sa¨²de P¨²blica, Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz
%R 10.1590/S0102-311X2007001100017
%X this study focused on adult obesity prevalence in goiania, goi¨¢s state, brazil, and the association between socio-demographic variables, lifestyle, physical activity, eating habits, and food consumption frequency and body mass index (bmi). a cross-sectional study was conducted in 2001 with a sample of 1,252 individuals from 20 to 64 years of age. the association between socio-demographic variables, lifestyle, food consumption, and physical activity and bmi was evaluated by hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis. obesity prevalence was 10.7% in men and 13.9% in women. in males, age, income, and meat consumption showed a positive association with bmi, while physical activity during leisure time and commuting and the habit of eating > 4 meals per day were inversely associated with bmi. in women, positively associated factors were age, no smoking, and no meat consumption; in contrast, consumption of grains was inversely associated with bmi. high obesity prevalence was observed; active lifestyle coupled with ingestion of more grains and less meat appeared to protect against increased bmi.
%K food consumption
%K physical activity
%K obesity
%K life style.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-311X2007001100017&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en