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Abstract
This study was aimed at verifying the effectiveness of a group nutrition education program in improving the nutritional status of overweight/obese individuals who were assessed as participants in a multidisciplinary university extension project entitled Interdisciplinary Treatment of Eating Disorders and Obesity - TITAO. The project is linked to a community university in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, who participated in the meetings. To check the effectiveness of the intervention, anthropometric variables (weight, height and waist circumference) were collected before and after the intervention. The sample consisted of 25 participants, predominantly females (92%), with a mean age of 49 years. After three months of participation in the project, it was found that 88% of the sample lost weight: 2 kg on average, and 96% of the sample had an average reduction of 3.5 cm in waist circumference. Health education and group nutritional counseling are effective strategies for weight loss, thus improving the participants' quality of life. DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2017.28677
Highlights
A obesidade é um problema de saúde que afeta as sociedades em diversas partes do mundo e caracteriza-se na atualidade como uma epidemia.[1]
The sample consisted of 25 participants, predominantly women (92%), with a mean age of 49 years
After the three months of participation in the project, it was observed that 88% of the sample lost weight, on average -2 kg
Summary
Trata-se de pesquisa transversal de intervenção, realizada com os participantes do grupo de tratamento para sobrepeso e obesidade de um projeto de extensão multidisciplinar que tem a participação de acadêmicos e docentes dos cursos de Nutrição, Psicologia e Medicina, denominado ‘Tratamento Interdisciplinar de Transtornos Alimentares e Obesidade” (TITAO), vinculado a uma universidade comunitária do estado de Santa Catarina. Para avaliar o estado nutricional, foi realizada avaliação antropométrica por meio do índice de massa corpórea (IMC), utilizando as variáveis estatura (m) e peso (kg) semanalmente. Com o apoio da psicologia, eram trazidos questionamentos sobre como os participantes se sentiam, e a explicação das facilidades e dificuldades que encontravam para continuar no grupo; eles eram estimulados a se manterem motivados, comemorando cada mudança e os resultados obtidos.
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