Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents from the Age Range of 2 to 19 Years Old in Brazil

Table 2

Description of the studies included in this review in the regions of Brazil, regarding the prevalence of overweight and obesity and associated comorbidities.

Author	Year	Sample	Age	State	Overweight	Obesity
South region
Silva et al. [18]	2012	601	14–17	Santa Catarina	16.7%	Not available
Reuter et al. [19]	2012	414	7–17	Rio Grande do Sul	Male: 22.3%	Male: 4.7%
					Female: 22.6%	Female: 12.6%
Mello et al. [20]	2010	356	6–10	Paraná	20.2%	7.0%
Burgos et al. [21]	2010	1666	7–17	Rio Grande do Sul	19.0%	7.7%
Cimadon et al. [22]	2010	590	9–18	Rio Grande do Sul	24.6%	NA
Triches and Giugliani [23]	2005	573	8–10	Rio Grande do Sul	Male: 17.3%	Male: 7.4%
					Female: 16.6%	Female: 7.6%
Terres et al. [24]	2006	1.000	15–18	Rio Grande do Sul	20.9%	5.0%
Southeast region
Mazaro et al. [25]	2011	680	7–11	São Paulo	13.1%	9.0%
Pereira et al. [26]	2009	494	2–19	São Paulo	Male: 8.6%	Male: 19.2%
					Female: 8.4%	Female: 10.5%
Pinto and Oliveira [27]	2009	29	2–5	São Paulo	5.1%	8.2%
Fagundes et al. [28]	2008	218	6–14	São Paulo	16.5%	14.7%
Mondini et al. [29]	2007	1.010		São Paulo	17.0%	Not available
Northeast region
Queiroz et al. [30]	2010	750	6–9	Paraíba	17.7%	3.8%
Tassitano et al. [31]	2009	4.210	14–19	Pernambuco	11.5%	2.4%
Nunes et al. [32]	2007	588	10–19	Paraíba	18.3%	6.8%
North region
Ribas and Silva [33]	2009	437	6–19	Pará	28.8%	Not available
Central west region
Giugliano and Carneiro [34]	2004	2.500	6–10	Distrito Federal	16.8%	5.3%

NA: not analyzed; BP: blood pressure; ↑ increase; ↓ decrease; LDL: low density lipoprotein; HDL: high density lipoprotein.