P2-58 Unhealthy lifestyle patterns associated with waist circumference among adolescents: a school based survey

ObjectiveTo analyse patterns of lifestyle is associated with abdominal obesity in Brazilian adolescents (14–18 years old).MethodsThis school-based survey was carried out among high school students from Maringá/PR/Brazil, (2007) selected through two-stage random sampling. The sample included 991 (54.5% girls) students. The outcome used was waist circumference (WC). The lifestyle variables used were: physical activity; sedentary behaviour and eating behaviour (number of meals per day; frequency of weekly consumption of soda). The multiple linear regression models were fitted to assess the relationship between WC and lifestyle patterns. Analyses were stratified by sex. Statistical significance was adopted α 5%.ResultsThe mean waist circumference (cm) for girls and boys was 77.3 and 80.4, respectively, (p