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HEALTH RISK BEHAVIOR OF ADOLESCENT SCHOLARS1 1 Article extracted from thesis - Comportamento de risco à saúde em adolescentes, presented to the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem e Saúde,Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB), in 2014.

COMPORTAMIENTO DE RIESGO A LA SALUD DE ADOLESCENTES ESCOLARES

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to describe health risk behaviors among adolescents from secondary education in public schools in a city in Brazilian Northeast. Epidemiological cross-sectional, population-based study with a simple random sample. For the data, we used structured validated questionnaires. For data analysis, we used the chi-square Pearson test, with significance level of 5%. It has been found that physical inactivity is associated with the sex, age and studying shift. Tobacco consumption is significantly associated with sex, age, shift studying and alcohol consumption shift to studying, and age. As for poor dietary habits, consumption of fried foods is associated with shift in studying and sweets and sodas to shift on studying and age. Found a high prevalence of risk behaviors among adolescents, focused on policies needed health of this population.

DESCRIPTORS:
Adolescent behavior; Sedentary lifestyle; Ethanol; Tobacco; Food habits

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