Educational Interventions in Adolescents, for the Management of Obesity: A Review of the Literature
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2019-12
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SCIENCEDOMAIN international
Abstract
Introduction: Overweight and obesity is a serious global health problem in minors related to multiple chronic degenerative or fatal diseases.Aim: To analyze the results of available scientific studies of educational interventions in the management of overweight or obesity in adolescents.Methodology: Those studies found in a database between 2014-2019 that performed intervention or management of overweight or obesity in a population between 6 and 18 yearsof age were included.Results and Discussion: Fourteen studies met the inclusion criteria of which only three performed a probabilistic sampling being these more significant. Different types of interventions were identified from educational, cognitive-behavioral and physicalactivity promotion. The variables with the greatest significant difference were body composition and waist circumference, the Body Mass Index still has no significant difference.Conclusion: Educational interventions achieve an important role in the management of overweight or obesity having significant changes in the short, medium and long term
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Adolescents, educative interventions, overweight, obesity
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Castro-Cornejo María de los Ángeles, Arteaga-Herrera Xiomara, Luis Antonio Díaz-Becerril, Nicolás Padilla-Raygoza. Educational Interventions in Adolescents, for the Management of Obesity: A Review of the Literature. International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health. 2019 Dec; 40(1): 1-9