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Aims: To identify the reasons why obese adolescents seek weight loss therapy and what barriers they face in losing weight. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Physical Education and School Medical Science, University of Pernambuco 2009-11. Methodology: The study was conducted with 128 obese adolescents (76 girls [BMI=35.46±3.92] and 52 boys [BMI=33.70±2.88]), aged between 12 to 18 years old Personal reasons for seeking weight loss treatment and barriers to losing weight were obtained by an individual semi-structured interview (8 questions) conducted by a psychologist. All individual interviews lasted approximately 20 min and were performed in a quiet room. Adolescents’ answers were semi-transcribed by the researcher and the content was anonymously analyzed in order to categorize the data. Results: The main reason for girls to start a weight loss program was to become healthy (39.47%), followed by to fit in clothes (30.26%), personal appearance (30.26%), and bullying (28.95%). Physical fitness (40.38%) was the most important reason to seek weight loss for boys, followed by to become healthy (36.54%), and bullying (25%). For both genders, the main barriers described were lack of self-control (47.37% - 36.54%), lack of social support (27.63% - 30.77%), and self-motivation (22.37% - 21.15%). Conclusion: Obese adolescents had several reasons for seeing weight loss. Overall, becoming healthy was the main motivation for weight loss and lack of self-control was the main barrier. This information can be used to help develop more effective weight loss strategies for obese adolescents.
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O objetivo do presente estudo foi analisar os efeitos da intervenção multidisciplinar sobre a insatisfação da imagem corporal em adolescentes obesos. Trinta e quatro adolescentes obesos com idade entre 12 a 19 anos, IMC?95th e púberes, foram submetidos à intervenção multidisciplinar composta por acompanhamento nutricional, psicológico, clínico e sessões de exercício físico. A insatisfação com a imagem corporal foi verificada através do Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ). As avaliações foram realizadas antes e após 12 semanas de intervenção. Os efeitos da intervenção sobre a insatisfação da imagem corporal foram verificados utilizando-se o Qui-quadrado. Todas as análises foram realizadas com auxílio do software SPSS 10.0, p<0,05. Verificou-se no início da intervenção que 80,95% dos adolescentes apresentavam insatisfação com a imagem corporal, e após as 12 semanas de intervenção houve uma redução para 60,90% dos adolescentes com algum grau de insatisfação com a imagem corporal (p=0,05). Conclui-se que a intervenção multidisciplinar é uma importante estratégia para reduzir a insatisfação com a imagem corporal de adolescentes obesos.
The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of a multidisciplinary intervention on body image dissatisfaction (BID) in obese adolescents. Thirty four obese adolescents aged between 12 to 19 years, BMI?95 percentile and pubescent, were submitted to a multidisciplinary intervention composed by nutritional, psychological and clinical counseling and exercise sessions. BDI was determined assessed through by Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ). Evaluations were performed before and after 12 weeks of intervention. The results are presented as mean (X) +standard deviation (SD) and distribution of absolute and relative frequency. The effects of the intervention on BDI were verified using chi-square test. All the analyses were performed using the software SPSS 10.0, p<0.05. A the beginning of intervention 80.95% of the adolescents were dissatisfied with their body image, after 12 weeks this value was reduced to 60.90% (p=0.05). The multidisciplinary intervention is an important strategy to reduce the dissatisfaction with body image of obese adolescents.