Excesso de peso e obesidade em escolares: associa？？o com fatores biopsicológicos, socioecon？micos e comportamentais

objective: to verify the association between the behavioral, biopsychological, and socioeconomic factors in overweight and obese students. subjects and methods: the sample involved 393 students from state and private schools in florianópolis/sc, mean age of 9.9 ± 1.7, with 41% male subjects. a questionnaire adapted from oliveira e cols. was applied in the interview; anthropometric information (body mass and height) was used to calculate the bmi, and individuals were classified in overweight and obese according to conde and monteiro. results: as for the distribution of obesity and overweight by gender, girls showed a similar degree, while among boys, overweight individuals represented 77% of the sample. there were associations between female gender, economic status, ethnicity, school, and type of food with p ranging from < 0.001 to 0.003. conclusion: it was found that the behavioral, biopsychological, and socioeconomic factors seem to interfere with overweight and obesity in students of florianópolis.