Obesity
Conditions
Keywords
Obesity, Therapy, Interdisciplinary
Brief summary
Obese adolescents are submitted to a multiprofessional weight loss program, which is formed by doctors, nutritionists, physiotherapists, psychologists,and physiologists. The volunteers have intervention 3 times a week during one year, where they practice exercises, have nutrition and psychology counseling, and physiotherapy orientation. Once a month they have an appointment with the doctor. The hypothesis of this study is that a multiprofessional therapy is able to improve anthropometric and biochemical parameters, and also the quality of life of obese adolescents.
Detailed description
The volunteers are submitted to 10 exams (electrocardiogram, polysomnography, blood collection, body composition, rest metabolic rate, DXA, abdominal and carotid ultrasonography, lung function evaluation, ergospirometric test) 3 times a year (baseline, middle and at the end of the year). They also answer nutrition, sleep and psychology questionnaires.
Interventions
Comparison of the polysomnography results, blood collection parameters, resting metabolic rate values, body composition variables, carotid artery thickness values, abdominal and subcutaneous fat and lung function variables baseline, middle and at the end of the one year of interdisciplinary weight loss program combined exercise training with physiotherapy, clinical, nutritional and psychological therapies.
Sponsors
Raquel Munhoz da Silveira Campos
Sofia Emanuelle Castro
Ana Claudia Pelissari Kravchychyn
Ana R. Damaso
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to 19 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* present obesity ( BMI \> 95th) * aged between 15-19 years old * be able to practice exercise
Exclusion criteria
* pregnancy * use of drugs * secondary obesity
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Body composition | six months | The body composition was measured by plethysmography and by densitometry. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sleep parameters | six months | The sleep parameters were evaluated by polysomnography and specific questionnaires. |
| Serum analysis | six months | The serum analysis was done by blood samples that were collected at the outpatient clinic around 8 a.m. after an overnight fast by a skilled and qualified technician. |
| Lung function | six months | The lung function was measured with a spirometer EasyOne® model 2001 (Zurich, CH) according to American Thoracic Society criteria. |
| Arterial intima-media thickness | six months | The arterial intima-media thickness was measured by High-resolution ultrasound equipment with a 7-14 MHz linear array transducer. |
| visceral and subcutaneous fat were analyzed by ultrasound | six months | The visceral and subcutaneous fat were analyzed by ultrasound |
Countries
Brazil
Outcome results
None listed