Educational Interventions in Adolescents, for the Management of Obesity: A Review of the Literature
María de los Ángeles Castro-Cornejo
Department of Epidemiology, Regional University Hospital, Colima, México.
Xiomara Arteaga-Herrera
Division of Health Sciences and Engineering, Campus Celaya-Salvatierra, University of Guanajuato, Celaya, Mexico.
Luis Antonio Díaz-Becerril
School of Medicine, University of Celaya, Mexico.
Nicolás Padilla-Raygoza *
School of Medicine, University of Celaya, Mexico.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
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 years of 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 physical activity 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.
Keywords: Adolescents, educative interventions, overweight, obesity.