Background: This study investigates the effects of group counseling vs. individual dietary prescription on physical, nutritional, and mental health in overweight or obese women. Methods: Seventy-four women aged 40-59 years with body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m 2 were randomized into 2 intervention arms: group nutrition counseling (GNC) or individualized nutrition prescription (INP). Twenty-seven women completed the 12-week intervention protocol. The GNC received counseling once a week and the INP received an individualized prescription once a month. All participants attended physical exercise sessions 3 times a week following the same protocol. Body mass, body mass index, fat mass, body fat percentage, lean mass, lipid profile, hemoglobin A1c, insulin and liver transaminases were measured pre-and post-intervention in both arms. A 3 day food record was applied to calculate the intake of calories, carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids. Body image dissatisfaction, level of anxiety, self-esteem measure and pathological eating attitudes were measured. Results: Both dietary interventions decreased body mass, body mass index, fat mass, body fat percentage, total caloric intake, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, body dissatisfaction, anxiety, and saturated and polyunsaturated fats (p < 0.05). Lean mass, metabolic variables, self-esteem and pathological eating attitudes remained unchanged (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Both nutritional interventions combined with concurrent exercise were effective to improve anthropometrics, body composition, food intake, and some mental health parameters. We suggest that the choice of nutritional intervention (GNC or INP) could be based on the participants preference, considering the adherence and satisfaction, to promote health and quality of life.

Objetivo: Analisar os efeitos de 12 semanas de intervenções interdisciplinares em parâmetros comportamentais e alimentares de adolescentes com excesso de peso ou obesidade. Método: O estudo apresenta um delineamento longitudinal e quaseexperimental. Foram selecionados para participar da pesquisa 40 adolescentes com idade de 16 ± 1 anos. No entanto, apenas 17 concluíram as 12 semanas de intervenções interdisciplinares. As intervenções foram realizadas por profissionais de educação física (exercício físico três vezes por semana), fisioterapeutas (exercícios para o fortalecimento do core e posturais, três vezes por semana), nutrição (reeducação alimentar, duas vezes por semana) e terapia cognitivo-comportamental (foco na mudança de comportamento e adoção de um estilo de vida ativo, uma vez por semana). A fim de quantificar os parâmetros comportamentais dos adolescentes, foram  utilizados os questionários: Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ), teste de atitudes alimentares (EAT), escala de autoestima de Rosenberg (EAR) e escala Hamilton de ansiedade (EHA). Resultados: para a resposta 9 do BSQ: “estar com pessoas magras do mesmo sexo que você, faz você se sentir preocupada (o) em relação ao seu físico? ” Foi identificada redução significativa das respostas atribuídas pelos adolescentes no momento pós-intervenção (p<0,05), assim como para a EHA, na questão 3: medo – de escuro, de desconhecidos, de multidão, de ser abandonado, de animais grandes, de trânsito”, com valores inferiores (p<0,05), após as intervenções interdisciplinares. Conclusão: As intervenções interdisciplinares resultaram em melhoras na imagem corporal em relação à percepção do estado físico, bem como em uma diminuição do medo apresentado pelos adolescentes. As 12 semanas de intervenções apresentaram ligeiras mudanças no comportamento dos adolescentes analisados no presente estudo.

This study has had as main objective awalys the effects of a subject about to general education, proposed by the guidelines of Exame Nacional do Desempenho dos Estudantes -ENADE in graduate courses of an IES, could contribute to the student's progress in this part of the test. This survey has sought to highlight the discipline merits, having as its leading line the evaluative models deployed in Brazil and the evaluative system arisen from SINAES Law. This reasearch has been carried out in a private private university on the countryside of Paraná State and had; Subjects were, 286 students who took part in the 2009 and the 2012 ENADE (National Examination of Students Performance). The data were collected through an informative questionnaire and other means were collectively applied by the researcher, during normal class term, in the selected courses. The data was analyzed both in qualitative and quantitative ways and it was possible to conclude that there has been a considerable improvement in performance of students who have regurlarly attended this subject, in 2012. In a general way, important relationships were found between perception student over subject´s importance and improvement.