Fatores condicionantes do sobrepeso e da obesidade no Brasil utilizando dados antropométricos declarados e aferidos

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https://doi.org/10.1590/nwm66r53

Abstract

Obesity is a serious public health problem. This paper analyzes the socioeconomic conditions of excess body weight, using anthropometric data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The analysis of the regression models is performed separately for men and women aged 20 years or older, using measured and reported measures of weight and height, evaluating the effects of several factors on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the BMI Z-score, as well as the probabilities of overweight and obesity. The results show that income and education are overweight determinants, but with different effects between men and women and different impacts depending on the sample used. Living with a spouse, being responsible for the household and having children are important conditioning factors of body mass and, so far, have been little explored in the literature.

Author Biography

  • Márcio Luiz Ribeiro, Universidade de São Paulo

    Possui graduação e mestrado em Economia pela Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE) e é doutorando em Economia Aplicada pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP/ESALQ).

Published

2026-06-17

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 2 (2026): Economia e Sociedade

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