Utilização de dietas com baixo teor de carboidratos para tratamento de obesas atendidas em uma Unidade Básica de Saúde do município de Botucatu- SP

• Autor(a) principal: Pereira, Aline Graziele da Silva [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Giarola, Luís Carlos [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://www.ibb.unesp.br/Home/Departamentos/Educacao/Simbio-Logias/utilizacao_dietas_com_baixo_teor_carboidratos.pdf; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/141356
• topic: Obesity; Diet; Weight loss; Obesidade; Dieta; Perda de peso

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a carbohydrate-restricted diet on weight loss and lipid profile of obese women treated at Centro de Saúde Escola Botucatu - Sao Paulo. The 10 patients who participated in the study were instructed to follow a food consumption recipe low in carbohydrates for a period of 10 weeks. The diet provided 20 grams of carbohydrates / day for 2 weeks, 40 grams / day for 4 weeks and 60 grams / day for 4 weeks. All patients were female, mean age of 52.5 years. At the end of the study, they were evaluated for weight loss, lipid profile and anthropometric measurements (waist circumference and hip circumference). There was a significant decrease in weight (80% of patients), waist circumference, hip circumference, body mass index (p <0.05). There was no statistical difference in lipid profile of patients. Low carbohydrates diet was effective in the treatment of obese women who have experienced various types of restrictive diets.