O uso da internet como meio auxiliar para o tratamento do excesso de peso

Abstract

A obesidade é a forma mais comum de má-nutrição e sua prevalência vem aumentando muito, inclusive no Brasil. A internet, apesar de ainda pouco explorada, pode ser útil no tratamento da obesidade como ferramenta na utilização de técnicas comportamentais. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o uso da internet no tratamento da obesidade em uma amostra de adultos da cidade de Lagoa dos três Cantos, RS, onde 58,6% dos habitantes tinha IMC acima de 25kg/m 2 . Os indivíduos com excesso de peso (n= 532) foram submetidos a um programa de emagrecimento via internet com dieta hipocalórica e auxílio de técnicas comportamentais. ABSTRACT The Internet as a Tool to Treat an Overweight Population.Obesity is the most common expression of malnutrition and its prevalence has been increasing fast in Brazil. The Internet -though still underused -can be an useful tool in treating obesity through behavioral techniques. The purpose of the present paper was to assess the use of the Internet for obesity treatment in a sample of adults of Lagoa dos Três Cantos, RS, where 58.6% of the population reported a BMI over 25kg/m 2 . All overweight individuals (n= 532) were submitted to a weight loss program via the Internet, on a low-calorie diet and the support of behavioral techniques. Mean body weight loss was reported at 2, 5, 8 and 13 months, as compared to baseline: 354 individuals (66.6%) lost over 5%, and 106 of them (20%)

Psychometric evaluation of a Brazilian version of the impact of weight on quality of life (IWQOL‐Lite) instrument

“…In comparison to surveys carried out in 1975 and 1997, there was a 60% increase in the prevalence of obesity (Costa, Fuchiwaki, Miranda, & Halpern, 2003 In recent years, specific tools have been developed to assess HRQOL in obesity. These include the Bariatric Analysis and Reporting Outcomes System (BAROS), the Obesity and Weight Loss Quality of Life questionnaire (OWLQOL), the Obesity-Related Well-Being (ORWELL-97) and the Impact of Weight on Quality of Life (IWQOL-Lite) (Duval, Marceau, Pérusse, & Lacasse, 2006).…”

Obesity and Health Care: Identifying Measures, Indicators and Tools

“…Weight loss was a measure constantly used, but presented great measurement variability. Some studies measured weight loss only as the number of kilograms lost [49,50,84,92], while others measured the percentage of weight lost [28,34,38,[49][50][51][52]88,91] or BMI changes [49,50].…”

The Quality of Portuguese Obesity Websites

“…Today, with the rising of obesity rates, the population tends to seek information on features such as web pages which can be proved by the increasing number of websites that provide information on the disease (Silva, Castro & Cymrot, 2008). This source of information is easily accessible and low cost, however, does not guarantee the quality of its content, so it should not be received passively, but critically analyzed considering its qualitative aspects (Silva, Castro & Cymrot, 2008;Costa, Fuchiwaki, Miranda &, Halpern, 2005). As result, it is necessary to use criteria that ensure quality information, in particular information related to health (Carvalho, Simões & Silva, 2005).…”