Abstract

ARISTIZABAL-VELEZ, Paula A; GARCIA-CHAMORRO, Diana A  and  VELEZ-ALVAREZ, Consuelo. Social determinants of health and their association with adolescents being overweight and obesity. Orinoquia [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.2, pp.66-77. ISSN 0121-3709.

This study was aimed at determining the association between the social determinants of health for teenagers between 15 to 19 years old living in the town of Manizales with overweight and obesity. This was an analytical study of cases and controls, involving 256 adolescents (128 cases and 128 controls) living in the town of Manizales. The young 15 to 19 year-old cases had a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m² (overweight and obese) and the young 15 to 19 year-old controls a 18.5 to 24.99 Kg/m² BMI. They were paired 1:1 by age and gender. The adolescents' average age was 17 years old, 57.8% were female and average BMI was 24.27 kg/m² ± 3.82 kg/m². Regarding the social determinants of health, no association was found between educational level, health-related social security and socioeconomic strata and being overweight and obesity. The legal representative's (parent/guardian) educational level proved to be a protective factor regarding obesity in adolescents (OR 0.44, 0.21-0.94 95% CI; p = 0.031); it was thus concluded that adolescents' legal representatives' low educational level was associated with their being overweight and obesity.

Keywords : Adolescent; epidemiological factor; obesity; being overweight.

        · abstract in Spanish | Portuguese     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )