Patterns and determinants of overweight in children and adolescents with intellectual disability

• Grant number: 18/02795-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2018
• End date: March 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Maternal and Child Health
• Principal Investigator: Fábio Bertapelli
• Grantee: Wilson Domingues Do Amaral Junior
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Youth with intellectual disabilities (ID) have higher prevalence of overweight than the general population of youth without ID. In Brazil, there is no research about the prevalence of overweight and its risk factors, such as age, sex, and etiology ID in Brazilian youth with ID. The primary objective of this study is to examine the patterns of overweight in youth with ID in the State of São Paulo. The secondary objective is to examine the association between overweight, age, sex, and ID etiology in youth with ID. We will collect data on weight, height, and body circumferences in youth with ID (5-21 years old, n = 1000) on the Program "Projeto APAE Qualidade de Vida e Saúde" of the "Federação das APAES do Estado de São Paulo - FEAPAES/SP. Z scores, LMS, and multilevel regression models will be used to examine the patterns and determinants of overweight. This study is crucial to support clinical practice and epidemiological research to guide public policy in preventing growth disorders and reducing obesity in youth with ID. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BERTAPELLI, FABIO; PITETTI, KEN; MILLER, RUTH A.; JAEGER, ADAM; LOOVIS, MICHAEL; DO AMARAL-JUNIOR, WILSON D.; DE BARROS-FILHO, MARCOS M.; GUERRA-JUNIOR, GIL. Comparing Motor Competence of Sex- and Age-Matched Youth With Intellectual Disability From Brazil and the United States. ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUARTERLY, v. 37, n. 4, p. 423-440, OCT 2020. (18/02677-1, 17/13071-4, 19/07103-6, 18/02795-4)

BERTAPELLI, F.; MOTL, R.; AGIOVLASITIS, S.; AMARAL-JUNIOR, W.; BARROS-FILHO, M.; CONSTANCIO, C.; FRANCALINO, L.; ORTIZ, A.; SOARES, R.; GUERRA-JUNIOR, G.. THE 2019 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL GROWTH CHARTS FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS. JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH, v. 63, n. 7, p. 1-pg., 2019-07-01. (18/02795-4, 18/02677-1, 17/13071-4)

BERTAPELLI, FABIO; AGIOVLASITIS, STAMATIS; MOTL, ROBERT W.; SOARES, ROBERTO A.; DE BARROS-FILHO, MARCOS M.; AMARAL-JUNIOR, WILSON D.; GUERRA-JUNIOR, GIL. Development and Cross-Validation of a Prediction Equation for Estimating Percentage Body Fat From Body Mass Index in Young People With Intellectual Disability. ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUARTERLY, v. 37, n. 4, p. 481-497, OCT 2020. (18/02677-1, 17/13071-4, 19/07103-6, 18/02795-4)

BERTAPELLI, FABIO; AGIOVLASITIS, STAMATIS; MOTL, ROBERT W.; DE BARROS-FILHO, MARCOS M.; GUERRA-JUNIOR, GIL. Development And Cross-validation Of A Bmi-based Equation For Percent Fat In Children With Intellectual Disability. MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE, v. 52, n. 7, p. 1-pg., 2020-07-01. (18/02795-4, 18/02677-1, 17/13071-4, 19/07103-6)