Revista Brasileira de Obesidade, Nutrição e Emagrecimento

66-71

Authors: Claudio Cesário da Silva Aschar, Deivaci Rosa de Bonfi, Edmara Regina dos Santos, Gabriel Lemos da Silva Neto, Hamilton de Oliveira Brandão, Adilson Domingos dos Reis Filho

Introduction: The increase of overweight and obesity in children has become common and alarming, since excess of body fat has emerged as a major factor in the etiology of many chronic non-communicable diseases. Aim: To evaluate and compare the body mass index in school children from 06 to 10 years, both sexes in a municipal school from Cuiabá-MT. Materials and Methods: The study included 234 children aged between 06 and 10 years, of both sexes, regularly enrolled and attending a public school in Cuiabá-MT. Body mass and height was evaluated, and, subsequently calculated the body mass index (BMI) and corresponding percentile. Results: There was no statistical difference between body mass (p=0.47), height (p=0.68), BMI (p=0.17) and percentile (0.52) compared girls and boys. There was a higher prevalence of normal weight in both groups and for all age-groups, except for girls aged 10 years, with 36.4% (n=12) normal weight and 39.4% (n=13) obese. Girls had higher body mass than boys at nine and 10 years old respectively 35.8 (24.1 to 54.5 kg) versus 31.7 (26.2 to 67.2 kg) p=0.24; and 44.2 (26.2 to 76.2 kg) versus 41.0 (28.2 to 68.9 kg) p=0.17. Conclusion: There was a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity at nine and 10 years of age compared to age-tracks six, seven and eight years. There was no statistical difference between the percentages for any age group. Key words: Sedentary lifestyle. Obesity. Child.

79-86

Authors: Hugo Comparotto, Samara Dantas, Alessandra Hellbrugge, Francisco Navarro, Felipe Donatto, Fabio Henrique Ornellas

Obesity is a multifactorial disease with high prevalence and alarming epidemic character, becoming one of the major public health problems nowadays. The technique of intragastric balloon (BIB) is ideal for patients with 40 % of overweight and whose previous clinical treatments have failed, even with a multidisciplinary approach. The aim was to evaluate weight loss and waist circumference after the first, third and sixth month of treatment with BIB and multidisciplinary team. The study was retrospective, collecting information in the database and records of private clinics. Entered in this analysis just patients who already completed 6 months of treatment. Weight, BMI and waist circumference before commissioning and during the treatment of 31 patients were evaluated. The average weight "pre BIB " was 110.5 kg, BMI 39.7 kg / m². After 1 month of treatment, a reduction to 100.7 kg and 39.7 kg / m². After 3 months, the numbers decreased to 95.1 kg and 34.2 kg / m². At the end of six months, the development has proved very favorable with 89.9 kg and 32.3 kg / m². The results for the abdominal circumference were also considered satisfactory, 120.1, 113.4, 107.9, 102.1, respectively, representing the evolution pre 1 month, 3 months and 6 months of treatment. The use of the BIB, associated with the multidisciplinary treatment team specialist in the treatment of patients with this profile, promotes reduction in weight and waist circumference, due to the change in eating habits and inclusion of regular physical activity. Key words: Physical activity, multidisciplinary team, overweight, alimentary habits.