Banca de DEFESA: NADIA MARIA VOMLEL DE SOUZA

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STUDENT : NADIA MARIA VOMLEL DE SOUZA
DATE: 28/02/2024
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Virtual
TITLE:

Analysis of cases of obesity in women residing in São Miguel do Cajuru - rural area of the São João del Rei-MG

KEY WORDS:

Obesity, BMI, rural.

PAGES: 98
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Geografia
SUMMARY:

Obesity is considered a global epidemic according to the World Health Organization. It can be diagnosed by calculating the Body Mass Index, mainly in large population studies. Environmental, social, cultural, psychological and genetic factors can predispose to obesity. With the industrial revolution, and, consequently, urbanization, there was an impact on the way of life of individuals, mainly, in terms of eating patterns and physical activity practices, helping, however, in the increase of obesity. Contrary to the reported paradigm, some studies have shown that the increase in mean global BMI was due to an increase in mean BMI in rural areas. Thus, the objective of this study was evaluate the average BMI of women residing in São Miguel do Cajuru - rural area in the municipality of São João Del Rei and compare with the average BMI of women residing in São João del Rei. For this, a structured questionnaire prepared by the researcher was applied to the participants and an anthropometric assessment was also carried out, where weight, height, abdominal circumference and percentage of fat by bioimpedance were analyzed. It was found that the median BMI in the urban area is noticeably lower than in the rural area. In general, women in urban areas appear to have lower BMI measurements. To assess whether this difference is significant, a hypothesis test was performed. As the data do not have Normal Distribution, a non-parametric test was applied to test this difference (Mann-Whitney test). This analysis was performed using the R Software and the significance level chosen was 0.05. As the p-value was 0.03572 (less than the chosen significance), we rejected the null hypothesis. Thus, there is sample evidence that the median BMI of patients from rural areas is significantly higher than the median of patients from urban areas. This study took into account the concept of space, rural territory and other variables to analyze fluctuations concerning the health status of individuals residing in rural and urban areas.

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