Interdisciplinary Weight Loss Therapy Associate With the Use of Interactive Digital Technology
Interdisciplinary Weight Loss Therapy Associate With the Use of Interactive Digital Technology
Obesity is a complex disease associate to metabolic alterations, which may lead to
 cardiometabolic risk in women with obesity. The use of interactive digital technology as
 adjuvante tool to the clinical practices in weight loss therapy emerges as an innovative
 strategy. However, it was note fully investigated if this kind of approach can contribute to
 improve inflammatory state and metabolic alterations in obese population.
This study consists in a 12-week clinical interdisciplinary weight loss therapy, with
 endocrinologist, nutritionist, psychologist and exercise physiologist to evaluate the effects
 of clinical interdisciplinary therapy associated to use the eletronic means on inflammatory
 biomarkers and metabolic alterations in women with obesity.

 The present study was composed by a sample of obese women (20 to 45 years old), recruited
 through advertisements in the media (newspapers, magazines, radio, television and social
 media - Twitter®, Facebook® and Instagram®). The volunteers lived in the city of São Paulo or
 nearby, so they could attend monthly the University on the days of the clinical, nutritional,
 psychological and exercise evaluations, counseling, educational sessions and motivational
 strategies supporting adherence. To complete the Education Behaviors Program the volunteers
 follow weekly the instructions found in the Platform #12Semanas®. All participants met the
 inclusion criteria for the obesity profile according to the World Health Organization (WHO),
 presenting Body Mass Index (BMI) values above 30 kg/m². Patients with any pathology that
 could compromise the results of the study (heart disease, musculoskeletal deformities,
 diseases related to the immune system, genetic, metabolic or endocrine diseases, identified
 by the physician) were not included in the study. Anthropometric measures, body composition
 by bio-impedance and bood samples were collected to serum analysis.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  obesity diagnosis;

 -  body mass index (BMI) values above 30 kg/m²

 -  adult

 -  aged 20-45 years

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  presence of heart diseases

 -  musculoskeletal deformities

 -  diseases related to the immune system