Behavioral, socio-environmental, educational and demographic correlates of excess body weight in Italian adolescents and young adults

Excess body weight (EBW) is the most prevalent nutritional disorder among adolescents worldwide. Identifying determinants of EBW may help find new intervention strategies. Behavioral, socio-economic, educational and demographic correlates of EBW were examined in a population of Italian adolescents,...

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Published in:Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases, 2019-03, Vol.29 (3), p.279-289
Main Authors: Pelusi, C., Altieri, P., Gambineri, A., Repaci, A., Cavazza, C., Fanelli, F., Morselli-Labate, A.M., Pagotto, U., Pasquali, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescents
Age Factors
BMI
Educational Status
Female
Health Behavior
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Surveys
Humans
Italy - epidemiology
Life Style
Lifestyle
Male
Obesity
Parents - psychology
Pediatric Obesity - diagnosis
Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology
Pediatric Obesity - physiopathology
Pediatric Obesity - psychology
Prevalence
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Social Determinants of Health
Social Environment
Weight Gain
Young Adult
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Summary:Excess body weight (EBW) is the most prevalent nutritional disorder among adolescents worldwide. Identifying determinants of EBW may help find new intervention strategies. Behavioral, socio-economic, educational and demographic correlates of EBW were examined in a population of Italian adolescents, separately for males and females. As many as 1039 male and 2052 female students (aged 16–19 ys) attending the last three years of different types of high-school of the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy were offered participation, with 552 males and 841 females being finally evaluated. The prevalence of EBW was 21.0% in males and 14.1% in females. Step-wise multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed showing that EBW was negatively related to energy intake in males (odds ratio for 100 kcal/day (OR) = 0.94, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.89 to 0.98; P = 0.008), and to father's educational attainment (OR = 0.70, 95% CI: 0.52 to 0.95; P = 0.020), but positively related to parental obesity (OR = 2.80, 95% CI: 1.65 to 4.76; P 
ISSN:0939-4753
1590-3729
DOI:10.1016/j.numecd.2018.11.009