Abstract
Objective
To analyze excessive weight (EW) in young adult students from socio-demographic markers of the individual dimension of vulnerability.
Methods
Analytical study, conducted with 560 young adults from 26 schools of a Brazilian northeastern municipality. The questionnaire used for data collection contained EW and sociodemographic variables, analyzed by descriptive measures of association and logistic regression by the method enter for model adjustment.
Results
A higher proportion of excessive weight was identified in young people who: were 23-24 years of age, women, skin color other than white, religious, with a partner, with children, without an occupation, with individual and family income more than two minimum wages. The excessive weight was associated with marital status and children, which remained in the final model.
Conclusion
Having a companion and children makes young adults vulnerable to EW. However, this condition is multi-determined and should be understood in a larger context.
Overweight; Obesity; Health vulnerability; Socioeconomic factors; Young adult