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Ana-Paula Ribeiro, Déborah Cristina de Souza Marques, Clara Camille Sanabria Miranda, Daniel Vicentini de Oliveira, Samuel Rodrigues Lourenço de Morais, Pablo Valdés Badilla, Isabelle Zanqueta Carvalho, Braulio Henrique Magnani Branco
Introduction: Due to the increasing prevalence of obesityin recent years, the treatment of excess weight has become necessary and a global public health problem, especially in childhood and adolescence.
Objective: The present study aimed to analyze the effectsof an interdisciplinary intervention on the processing and food consumption behavior of overweight and obese adolescents.
Methods: This is a pre-experimental, analytical, and interventional study. Sixty-four adolescents (65% females and35% males), with a mean age of 13.72 ± 2.46 years, who were overweight or obese, were included in the study. The interdisciplinary interventions took place over 12 weeks, three times a week, with the participation of an interdisciplinary team composed of physical education professionals (three times a week), nutritionists (twice a week), and psychologists (twice a week). To analyze the level of food processing, a 3-day food record was applied before and after the 12 weeksof intervention. Foods were calculated in grams, calories, and% of total energy value (TEI). Data were expressed as meanand standard deviation. Subsequently, the normality of the data was tested using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. After this confirmation, a paired t-test was performed to compare the pre-and post-intervention moments.
Results: significant reduction in processed and ultra-processed foods and increased consumption of fresh foods ingrams and calories (p<0.05). However, no significant differences were observed for consuming minimally processed foods (p>0.05). In addition, there were significant results in the domain portion size and quantity (p<0.01) and consumption of fruits and vegetables (p<0.05).
Conclusion: 12 weeks of interdisciplinary interventions provided positive impacts on the level of food processing and consumption behavior of overweight and obese adolescents,contributing to the fight against obesity in adolescence.
