Intervención familiar para el manejo de sobrepeso y obesidad en escolares
Background: The management of obesity is complex and it must be multidisciplinary. Behavioral treatments for control of childhood obesity are based on family; these have a high degree of effi ciency. It has been argued that when children and their parents are the main goal of the changes of behavior...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-IMSS |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:457745485013 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=457745485013 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Medicina Diet Family Pediatric obesity |
| Sumario: | Background: The management of obesity is complex and it must be multidisciplinary. Behavioral treatments for control of childhood obesity are based on family; these have a high degree of effi ciency. It has been argued that when children and their parents are the main goal of the changes of behavior as a group, results of weight loss generally are bet-ter. The objective of this study was to establish the effect of an interven-tion based on family to reduce weight in students with overweight or obesity.Methods: Quasi-experimental study in schoolchildren from 6 to 12 years of age, from a family medicine unit in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México. The intervention group corresponded to 30 schoolchildren with over-weight or obesity, and one or both of their parents with overweight or obesity; the control group included 30 schoolchildren with overweight or obesity, and normal-weight parents. Weight, height and body mass index (BMI) were measured at baseline, monthly, and at the end of the study. Student t test was used to contrast quantitative variables using the SPSS v.15 program.Results: There were differences in weight, but not in BMI, probably due to the effect of size. Compared with the control group, a higher propor-tion of schoolchildren showed an improvement with regard to nutritional status.Conclusions: The family intervention is basic for the treatment of over-weight and obesity in schoolchildren. |
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