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ARTIGO ARTICLE

Distribuição de obesidade geral e abdominal em adultos de uma cidade no Sul do Brasil
Distribution of general and abdominal obesity in adults in a city in southern Brazil

Rogério da Silva Linhares 1
Bernardo Lessa Horta 1
Denise Petrucci Gigante 2
Juvenal Soares Dias-da-Costa 3
Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto 3

Faculdade de Medicina,
Universidade Federal de
Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil.
2 Faculdade de Nutrição,
Universidade Federal de
Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil.
3 Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde Coletiva,
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo,
Brasil.
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Correspondência
R. S. Linhares
Faculdade de Medicina,
Universidade Federal de
Pelotas.
Rua Marechal Deodoro 1160,
3 o andar, Pelotas, RS
96020-220, Brasil. [e-mail] Abstract

Introdução

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and trends in general and abdominal obesity in adults 20 years or older in Pelotas, Rio
Grande do Sul State, Brazil, using a cross-sectional population-based design, in 2010. General obesity was defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥
30kg/m² and abdominal obesity as waist circumference (WC) ≥ 88cm for women and ≥ 102cm for men. Interviews were held with 2,448 eligible individuals. General obesity prevalence was 21.7% in men and 29.2% in women, while abdominal obesity was present in 19.5% of men and 37.5% of women. According to multivariate analysis, lower schooling was associated with increased BMI and WC in women. Family income was inversely related to abdominal obesity in men. Prevalence of general obesity had increased 1.2 times in women and 1.5 in men, when compared to studies in 1994 and 2000. Abdominal obesity showed a small decrease in women, but remained stable in men. Prevalence of general obesity increased in the previous 10 years, while abdominal obesity remained basically stable.

De acordo com a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), obesidade é o acúmulo