Interdisciplinary Approach Effectively Treats Obesity by Angela Mohan on May 21, 2021 at 10:45 AM
Interdisciplinary clinical measures like cognitive and behavioral therapy may produce more significant outcomes for obese people, reducing weight and also symptoms of depression.
This is the main conclusion of a study conducted in Brazil by the Obesity Research Group at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Santos, São Paulo state, and published in the journal
Frontiers in Nutrition.
Considered one of the world s major public health problems, obesity has more than doubled in Brazil in 17 years and is now increasingly frequent among children and young adults. Between 2002 and 2019, the proportion of obese adults rose from 12.2% to 26.8%. Among women, it reached 29.5% (versus 21.8% among men).