Program of Physical, Nutritional and Psychological Activities With Overweight Schoolchildren

Obesity has been considered as one of the primary factors for the development of pathologies and cardiovascular risk factors. In the child it has been mediator for the development of these comorbidities still in childhood, in the adolescence and more strongly in the adult age, at the time of most cardiovascular events with death records. Objective: To analyze the effects of an interdisciplinary intervention program on the cardiovascular risk factors of overweight and obese children. Methods: It was conducted a physical activity program, nutritional and psychological orientations, lasting ten weeks with overweighed children and their mothers. Thirty-three children with BMI considered overweight and obese participated in the study, they were divided into two groups, experimental (n=14) and control (n=19). Physical activities occurred 3 times a week with children and once a week with mothers. Nutritional and psychological counseling occurred once a week with both children and mothers. BMI, waist circumference, waist-height ratio, percentage of fat, cardiorespiratory fitness, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, lipid profile, glucose, left ventricular mass, daily energy intake and parental perception of children\'s weight were analyzed. For the statistical analysis it was first verified the normality of the data by the Shappiro Wilk test, with the variables that presented normality the possible differences were verified through the Anova test of mixed design with the post hoc of Bonferroni, for the normal variables, but that presented significant difference in the initial moment of the research, it was resorted to the Ancova, finally, for the non-normal variables the \"U\" tests of Mann Whitney and Wilcoxon.