Medicational and nutritional management of obesity: A comparative analysis

• Autor(a) principal: Fonseca, Auxiliadora de Fatima Coelho
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Miranda, Thalia Carlos de Almeida, Silva, Eduardo Ferreira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de obesidade, nutrição e emagrecimento
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbone.com.br/index.php/rbone/article/view/2408
• topic: Antiobesity drug; Obesity management; Obesity; Hypocalocic diet; Medicamento contra la obesidad; Manejo de la obesidad; Obesidad; Dieta baja en calorías; Farmaco antiobesità; Gestione dell'obesità; Obesità; Dieta ipocalorica; Fármaco antiobesidade; Manejo da obesidade; Obesidade; Dieta hipocalórica; Fármaco antiobesidade; Manejo da obesidade; Obesidade; Dieta hipocalórica

Introduction: The management of obesity should be conducted primarily by modifying the lifestyle (diet and physical activity), however if successive failures occur in this first option, one can use slimming drugs as a complementary therapy to the previous one. of this study is to compare nutritional and drug treatment between obese patients using or not using anti-obesity drugs. Materials and methods: This is a quantitative, exploratory, and descriptive field research carried out from April to May 2023. Obese patients were divided into two groups, namely: Group A: Dietary intervention and Group B: use of medication anti-obesity in terms of anthropometric and qualitative variables. Paired t tests and descriptive statistics were applied with a significance of p<0.05. Results and discussion: When comparing the anthropometric results between the groups, it was seen that B had more expressive results in all parameters, however some factors interfered in the accuracy of this result, including the period of data collection and the divergence in the time interval of the consultations between groups. Conclusion: Therefore, the effectiveness of the drugs and the diet was verified, since both groups lost weight, however, larger and longer trials are needed in order to have a more comprehensive representation of the results found. In addition, more robust research, in sample and time, can more accurately determine whether the benefits outweigh the risks in the long term and whether there is weight regain after weaning from medications.