RELAÇÃO DAS PRÁTICAS PARENTAIS COM SOBREPESO E OBESIDADE EM ADOLESCENTES ESCOLARES: ESTUDO DE CASO-CONTROLE

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the educational parental practices related to food and its relationship with overweight/obesity in school adolescents. Method: case-control study with adolescents from public schools, through investigation of the restrictive dimensions-in relation to the consumption of sweets and caloric foods, pressure to eat, eating according to determination and monitoring-control on consumption of sweets and caloric foods. Chi-square test was applied with a 95% confidence interval. Results: the participants were 148 adolescents (80 cases-overweight/obesity and 68 controls-eutrophic). There was an association between nutritional status of the caregiver and adolescents (OR=5.688; p<0.01), a higher percentage of overweight/obesity among adolescents submitted to restrictive practices of sweet consumption; pressure to eat, a higher proportion of overweight/obese adolescents among caregivers who disagreed; higher percentage of overweight/obese adolescents among mothers/caregivers who reported monitoring caloric food consumption most of the time. Conclusion: educational parenting practices were related to overweight/obesity in school adolescents.