Sexual initiation, number of sexual partners and body mass index

There is a relationship between the onset of sexual activity, the number of sexual partners and BMI: corroborating the literature, the number of sexual partners will tend to be higher for a lower BMI, people with obesity and overweight self-report fewer of sexual partners compared with normal weight...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pereira, Filomena (author)
Outros Autores: Veiga-Branco, Augusta (author)
Formato: conferenceObject
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2018
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/17974
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/17974
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Resumo:There is a relationship between the onset of sexual activity, the number of sexual partners and BMI: corroborating the literature, the number of sexual partners will tend to be higher for a lower BMI, people with obesity and overweight self-report fewer of sexual partners compared with normal weight people. In addition, it was found that people with a higher education level tend to have more sexual partners. It is also suggestive that the variability of the increase of BMI to occur with the decrease in the number of partners and education level.