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Table 4 Prevalence and annual time trend of nutritional status of adolescents (10 to < 20 years) by Brazilian region, 2008 to 2019. There is a 95% confidence level

From: Characterization of the prevalence of excess weight in Brazil

Regions

Nutritional status

Ano

*Annual average variation

**P value

Trend

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

North

Marked thinness

2.1

1.1

1.3

1.0

1.3

1.3

1.5

1.1

1.2

1.1

0.9

1.1

-0.049

0.070

 

Thinness

3.1

2.5

2.3

2.4

2.8

2.9

2.7

2.8

2.9

2.8

2.6

3.0

0.022

0.283

 

Eutrophy

78.9

80.7

80.5

79.9

77.7

76.7

75.7

73.9

73.6

73.4

72.1

72.1

-0.862

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

15.9

15.7

15.9

16.8

18.2

19.1

20.1

22.2

22.4

22.7

24.4

23.8

0.889

 < 0,001

Increase

Northeast

Marked thinness

2.6

1.1

1.7

1.0

1.3

1.5

1.5

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.4

-0.051

0.153

 

Thinness

3.6

2.8

2.7

2.6

3.1

3.4

3.2

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.7

0.053

0.058

 

Eutrophy

78.1

81.4

79.8

79.1

76.7

75.5

74.2

73.1

72.4

72.1

70.1

69.6

-1.031

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

15.7

14.7

15.8

17.2

18.9

19.7

21.0

22.3

22.8

23.2

25.5

25.3

1.029

 < 0,001

Increase

Midwest

Marked thinness

2.1

1.0

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.3

1.5

1.1

1.1

1.0

0.8

1.0

-0.050

0.075

 

Thinness

3.0

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.6

3.0

0.029

0.100

 

Eutrophy

74.9

76.7

76.8

74.9

72.1

71.3

70.4

68.6

67.8

67.9

66.5

65.8

-1.051

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

20.0

19.8

19.7

21.7

24.1

24.7

25.5

27.4

28.2

28.2

30.0

30.2

1.073

 < 0,001

Increase

Southeast

Marked thinness

1.9

1.3

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.1

0.9

1.0

-0.050

0.015

Decrease

Thinness

3.0

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.7

2.9

0.021

0.217

 

Eutrophy

75.4

76.5

75.5

74.3

72.3

71.2

70.4

68.2

67.3

67.2

65.8

65.0

-1.109

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

19.7

19.7

20.9

22.3

24.2

25.0

25.7

28.2

29.0

29.0

30.6

31.1

1.137

 < 0,001

Increaseo

South

Marked thinness

1.4

1.0

1.0

0.8

0.8

1.0

1.1

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.6

-0.061

 < 0,001

Decrease

Thinness

2.1

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.8

2.0

0.022

0.170

 

Eutrophy

72.2

72.6

71.3

70.0

68.6

67.4

66.6

64.5

63.9

63.3

62.3

61.6

-1.082

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

24.3

24.8

26.2

27.7

28.9

30.0

30.6

33.0

33.6

34.2

35.4

35.8

1.122

 < 0,001

Increase

  1. Note: * Annual average variation is calculated by the linear regression method; **P value indicates the results of the two-sided t test