Revista Brasileira de Obesidade, Nutrição e Emagrecimento

204-206

Authors: Antonio Coppi Navarro

Editorial

216-224

Authors: Priscila Moreira, Monica Cristina dos Santos Romualdo, Fernanda Cassullo Amparo, Catharina Paiva, Renata Alves, Daniel Magnoni, Cristiane Kovacs

Introduction: Obesity is now viewed as an independent risk factor for coronary events, since even after controlling for associated diseases, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus, the risk remains high. Objective: To evaluate the anthropometric and nutritional, noting the reduction in weight and waist circumference and change in dietary pattern of patients treated by the protocol of nutritional group. Materials and Methods: We conducted nutritional counseling group with hypocaloric diet and slimming and meetings addressing healthy lifestyles, with 40 obese patients (BMI ≥ 30 kg / m²), of both sexes, biweekly for 6 months. We evaluated the changes in weight, waist circumference and dietary habits that. Results: After the monitoring period, we observed an average weight reduction of 5.9% and waist circumference by 5.2% (p = 0.000). An improvement in eating patterns, both with respect to the total caloric value, which showed an average reduction of 27% (p = 0.000), from baseline to the end of the program, with respect to consumption of macro and micronutrients, which was a reduction of 55.66% in the consumption of sodium (p = 0.000) and 46.45% increase in fiber intake (p = 0.000). Conclusion: The program proved to be very effective for reducing weight and eating habits. Shares of Nutrition Education Group should be encouraged and enhanced, helping to combat obesity and its comorbidities. Key words: Obesity, Weight loss, Nutrition education, Eating habits.

233-241

Authors: Gabrielli Thais de Mello, Ricardo Rodrigo Rech

Objective: Investigate the prevalence of body image dissatisfaction of the academics of physical education at a private university in southern Brazil. Materials and Methods: Study cross-sectional epidemiological, held in an institution of higher education located in the city of Caxias do Sul. We collected data on body dissatisfaction using the scale of nine silhouettes. Was measured the total body weight and height to define the nutritional status. Results: We assessed 366 students, 50.3% males. It was found that 58.2% of university students were dissatisfied with their body image. Regarding the courses of Bachelor and Degree, 62.9% and 55.3% were dissatisfied with their body image respectively. The women presented 60.4% of dissatisfaction while men 56%. The academics aged 24 or older had 64% more likely to dissatisfaction with the IC (RP= 1,64) in relation to students with 23 years or less. Students who were overweight presented more than double of chance (PR = 2.08) for the outcome in relation to academics with appropriate weight (CI = 1.31 to 3.30). Conclusion: It is estimated that more than half of the university of Bachelor and Degree in Physical Education who work directly as the body presented themselves dissatisfied with their body image. The dissatisfaction with body image was significantly associated with age and nutritional status. Key words: University students, Nutritional status, Body image.