Revista Portuguesa de Saude Publica
Volume 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-32

Overweight prevalence in Brazilian and African immigrants living in Portugal [Prevalência de excesso de peso nos imigrantes brasileiros e africanos residentes em Portugal] (Article) (Open Access)

Goulão B.* , Santos O. , Alarcão V. , Portugal R. , Carreira M. , Do Carmo I.
  • a Instituto de Medicina Preventiva e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
  • b Instituto de Medicina Preventiva e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
  • c Instituto de Medicina Preventiva e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
  • d Instituto de Medicina Preventiva e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
  • e Instituto de Medicina Preventiva e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
  • f Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate overweight rates among African and Brazilian immigrants living in Portugal. Participants were first generation immigrant's adults selected trough spatial random sampling. Data was collected in 2007. The sample included 1777 immigrants (adherence rate: 97.9%) (37.8% Brazilian; 53.5% female). Pre-obesity rates were 13.0% and 30.9% (Brazilian) and 32.8% and 36.0% (African) among female and male, respectively. Obesity rates were 7.1% and 7.8% (Brazilian) and 17.8% and 9.1% (African), respectively. Body mass index varies with age, marital status, time of residence in Portugal and nativity. It's essential to follow health indicators in immigrants, in order to design specific public health strategies. © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. on behalf of Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública.

Author Keywords

Minorities' health Portugal immigrants Obesity

Index Keywords

immigrant Portugal sex ratio human time of residence pre obesity nativity obesity Brazilian African marriage male female prevalence Article major clinical study adult age ethnic or racial aspects body mass public health time
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84931569452&doi=10.1016%2fj.rpsp.2014.06.002&partnerID=40&md5=bf7c76a8484cd3d72654a41fa0e3cb7d
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpsp.2014.06.002
ISSN: 08709025
Cited by: 2
Original Language: Portuguese