EVALUATION METHODS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, FEEDING AND ANTHROPOMETRY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Abstract

The aim was to identify evaluation measures of physical activity, nutrition, and anthropometry used for the effectiveness of behavior change programs in Brazil. A literature review was conducted on behavior change programs initially 5,701, from which 18 studies were selected from the Medline/Pubmed, Lilacs, Science Direct, Web of Science, and Scopus databases, using eligibility criteria. These included intervention studies with populations over 18 years of age, of both sexes, published in Portuguese or English, with primary outcomes of behavior change for physical activity and/or healthy eating. Most studies were conducted in the Southeast region. The age range of participants was 18 to 77 years. Regarding the objectives of the studies, nine focused on nutritional counseling, four on promoting physical activity, one on changing anthropometric profile and nutritional counseling, two on changing anthropometric profile and promoting physical activity, and one on nutritional counseling and promoting physical activity. Six studies conducted interventions over 12 months, with the shortest duration of an intervention being 12 hours. The most commonly used measures were: for physical activity, IPAQ; for diet, Food Frequency Questionnaire; for anthropometry, weight, height, BMI, waist circumference.