Overweight changes and associated factors in women aged 10 to 49 years from Pernambuco, Brazilian Northeast

OBJECTIVE: To verify changes in overweight and associated factors in women aged 10 to 49 years from the state of Pernambuco in 1997 and 2006. METHODS: This population-based cross-sectional study used a probabilistic sample of women representative of the urban and rural areas of Pernambuco: 1,105 in 1997 and 1,464 in 2006. Body mass index-for-age was used for women aged 10 to 19 years; women with Z-score