Pedro Delgado Floody1, Daniel Jerez Mayorga2, Felipe Caamaño Navarrete3, Manuel Concha Díaz4, Héctor Ovalle Elgueta4, Aldo Osorio Poblete5. 1. Programa de Tratamiento Integral de la Obesidad Mórbida, Universidad Santo Tomás, Temuco, Chile. Plan Común, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile.. pedrodelgadofloody@gmail.com. 2. Carrera de Kinesiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Sebastián, Chile.. pedrodelgadofloody@gmail.com. 3. Carrera de Pedagogía en Educación Física, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile.. pedrodelgadofloody@gmail.com. 4. Programa de Tratamiento Integral de la Obesidad Mórbida, Universidad Santo Tomás, Temuco, Chile.. pedrodelgadofloody@gmail.com. 5. Programa de Tratamiento Integral de la Obesidad Mórbida, Universidad Santo Tomás, Temuco, Chile. Carrera de Pedagogía en Educación Física, Escuela de Educación, Universidad Santo Tomás, Temuco, Chile.. pedrodelgadofloody@gmail.com.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: in Chile, a high prevalence of women presents morbid obesity, this condition generates serious medical complications and high costs for public health. OBJECTIVE: to determine the effects of a total treatment program consisting of physical exercise, psychological therapy and nutrition education on the preoperative conditions of obese women candidates for bariatric surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS: nineteen women between the ages of 30 and 55 applicants to bariatric surgery, with morbid obesity (n=6) or obesity and comorbidities (n=13), underwent a program of comprehensive treatment of sixteen weeks duration (3 session/week). Before and 72 hours after the last intervention session was evaluated on fasting (≥12 hours): body weight, body mass index (BMI), percentage of body fat (% BF), contour waist (CW) and basal blood glucose. Cardiorespiratory fitness was also estimated. RESULTS: the average age was 40.32 years, post-sixteen weeks of comprehensive treatment study variables improved significantly (p. Copyright AULA MEDICA EDICIONES 2014. Published by AULA MEDICA. All rights reserved.
INTRODUCTION: in Chile, a high prevalence of women presents morbid obesity, this condition generates serious medical complications and high costs for public health. OBJECTIVE: to determine the effects of a total treatment program consisting of physical exercise, psychological therapy and nutrition education on the preoperative conditions of obesewomen candidates for bariatric surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS: nineteen women between the ages of 30 and 55 applicants to bariatric surgery, with morbid obesity (n=6) or obesity and comorbidities (n=13), underwent a program of comprehensive treatment of sixteen weeks duration (3 session/week). Before and 72 hours after the last intervention session was evaluated on fasting (≥12 hours): body weight, body mass index (BMI), percentage of body fat (% BF), contour waist (CW) and basal blood glucose. Cardiorespiratory fitness was also estimated. RESULTS: the average age was 40.32 years, post-sixteen weeks of comprehensive treatment study variables improved significantly (p. Copyright AULA MEDICA EDICIONES 2014. Published by AULA MEDICA. All rights reserved.