Multiprofessional Obesity Treatments in Brazil between 1990 to 2004: A Bibliographical Review

The objective of this work was to verify the scientific production on multiprofessional treatments of obesity from 1990 to 2004, in the databases Scielo, Lilacs and PubMed. Methods: This research followed the model of bibliographic review and used as descriptors for the search Multiprofessional intervention of obesity; Multidisciplinary obesity intervention; Multidisciplinary obesity treatment; Multiprofessional obesity treatment; Multidisciplinary treatment of obesity; Multiprofessional treatment of obesity. The searches were conducted on the sites of Lilacs, Medline / PubMed, and SciELO, between the years of 1990 and 2004". We found 235 articles in research bases used and, after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, were selected as eligible 1 article that composed the final analysis. This included article evaluated a model of intervention performed by a multiprofessional team of treatment of obesity in Brazil. Results and conclusion: based on the research carried out it is evident that the multiprofessional studies of treatment of obesity were incipient from 1990 to 2004.