Association between nutritional status and health perception among participants of the Academida da Saúde Program: a cross-sectional study, Belo Horizonte, 2013-2014.
- 1Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo HorizonteMG Brazil.
Abstract
Objective
To analyze the association between nutritional status and health perception among participants of the Health Academy Program (Programa Academia da Saúde) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.Methods
A cross-sectional study using baseline data from a randomized controlled community trial conducted with a representative sample of the Program. Individuals aged 20 years or older answered a questionnaire including sociodemographic variables, self-reported morbidities, and health perception, and had their nutritional status assessed. For data presentation, absolute and relative frequencies and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were used. Regression adjustments were performed to assess the association between nutritional status (underweight or normal weight, overweight, and obesity) and health perception (good or very good, and very poor, poor, or fair), and odds ratios (OR) with 95%CI were used as measures of association.Results
Of the 3,264 participants, 2,827 (88.0%) were women and 1,931 (56.6%) were adults; 1,352 (41.4%) were overweight, and 944 (28.9%) had obesity; 1,730 (53.0%) reported hypertension, 1,433 (44.3%) dyslipidemia, and 548 (16.8%) diabetes. Regarding health perception, 2,358 (72.3%) respondents rated their health as good or very good. Individuals with obesity were found to have 47.0% higher odds of reporting very poor, poor, or fair health perception compared to their counterparts.Conclusion
Obesity was associated with poorer health perception among participants in the Health Academy Program.
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BibTeX
@article{garcia2026association,
title = {{Association between nutritional status and health perception among participants of the Academida da Saúde Program: a cross-sectional study, Belo Horizonte, 2013-2014.}},
author = {Tatiane Moreira Alves Garcia and Maria Cecília Ramos de Carvalho and Aline Cristine Souza Lopes},
journal = {Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil},
year = {2026},
month = jul,
doi = {10.1590/s2237-96222026v35e20250992.en},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42922926},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Association between nutritional status and health perception among participants of the Academida da Saúde Program: a cross-sectional study, Belo Horizonte, 2013-2014.
AU - Tatiane Moreira Alves Garcia
AU - Maria Cecília Ramos de Carvalho
AU - Aline Cristine Souza Lopes
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/07/18
JO - Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil
DO - 10.1590/s2237-96222026v35e20250992.en
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42922926
AB - Objective To analyze the association between nutritional status and health perception among participants of the Health Academy Program (Programa Academia da Saúde) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.Methods A cross-sectional study using baseline data from a randomized controlled community trial conducted with a representative sample of the Program. Individuals aged 20 years or older answered a questionnaire including sociodemographic variables, self-reported morbidities, and health perception, and had their nutritional status assessed. For data presentation, absolute and relative frequencies and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were used. Regression adjustments were performed to assess the association between nutritional status (underweight or normal weight, overweight, and obesity) and health perception (good or very good, and very poor, poor, or fair), and odds ratios (OR) with 95%CI were used as measures of association.Results Of the 3,264 participants, 2,827 (88.0%) were women and 1,931 (56.6%) were adults; 1,352 (41.4%) were overweight, and 944 (28.9%) had obesity; 1,730 (53.0%) reported hypertension, 1,433 (44.3%) dyslipidemia, and 548 (16.8%) diabetes. Regarding health perception, 2,358 (72.3%) respondents rated their health as good or very good. Individuals with obesity were found to have 47.0% higher odds of reporting very poor, poor, or fair health perception compared to their counterparts.Conclusion Obesity was associated with poorer health perception among participants in the Health Academy Program.
SN - 1679-4974
SN - 2237-9622
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