SAT-252 Risk Behaviors and Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents

Objective: to evaluate risk behaviors for obesity and components of metabolic syndrome in adolescents. Methods: An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study, in which 120 individuals were evaluated, ages between 14-19 years, students from both morning and night periods of a public school in Curitiba. Results: 34.7% of the students presented body mass index higher than expected for their age. Normal or borderline values were observed for blood pressure in 91.1% of the students and for abdominal circumference in 95.2%. Only 29.1% of them reported physical activities for more than 300minutes/week; 2 hours/day or more watching TV or playing videogames, activities considered sedentary, were reported by 17,3% and 23,6%, respectively. Presence of metabolic syndrome was higher in students from the night period (OR= 4,72). 34 students (30,9%) reported they smoked or had smoked and only 26 (23,4%) reported they had never drunk alcoholic beverages. Conclusion: frequency of excess weight was higher in our study than previous reports in national studies. The prevalence of hypertension and abdominal obesity was considered low. Components of metabolic syndrome were more frequent in students from the evening period. Key Words: adolescents, obesity, blood pressure, cardiovascular risk, risk behavior. References: 1. Nascimento-Ferreira MV, Moraes ACF, Carvalho HB, Moreno LA, Carneiro ALG, Reis VMM, et al. Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, the association with socioeconomic variables in adolescents from low-income region. Nutr Hosp. 2015;31(1):217-224 2. Brito AL, Hardman CM, Barros MVG. Prevalência e fatores associados à simultaneidade de comportamentos de risco à saúde em adolescentes. Rev Paul Pediatr. 2015;33(4):423-430 3. Silva AO, Silva MV, Pereira LK, Feitosa WM, Ritti-Dias RM, Diniz PR, Oliveira LM. Association between general and abdominal obesity with high blood pressure: difference between genders. J Pediatr(rio J). 2015 4.Silva FMA, Smith-Menezes A, Duarte MFS. Consumption of fruits and vegetables associated with other risk behaviors among adolescents in Northeast Brazil. Rev Paul Pediatr. 2016