Prevalence trends of overweight, obesity, diabetes and hypertension among Brazilian women of reproductive age based on sociodemographic characteristics

Health Care Women Int. 2019 Apr;40(4):386-406. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2019.1570516. Epub 2019 Apr 15.

Abstract

The authors estimated the prevalence and trends of overweight, obesity, diabetes and hypertension among Brazilian women of reproductive age. A time series was constructed with Vigitel data from 2008 to 2015 and we analyzed trends of the prevalence of these conditions, considering sociodemographic characteristics. We observed an increasing trend in prevalence of overweight, obesity, and diabetes (for some sociodemographic characteristics), and stationary trends for hypertension. Our results highlight the need for early interventions in lifestyle of this population to reduce the NCDs risk factors burden and potentially contribute to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes and reduce the NCDs load.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Body Mass Index
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Diabetes Mellitus / epidemiology*
  • Diabetes Mellitus / ethnology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / epidemiology*
  • Hypertension / ethnology
  • Life Style*
  • Middle Aged
  • Obesity / epidemiology*
  • Obesity / ethnology
  • Overweight / epidemiology*
  • Overweight / ethnology
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Young Adult