1. Introduction
eating behaviors, overweight
The food consumption of adolescents has changed nowadays, with an increase in ultra-processed food that in general shows higher calories and lower nutrients. Because of this, the objective of this study was to investigate the impacts of a 12-week multi-professional family versus isolated intervention on the food level processing of overweight adolescents. A randomized clinical trial study was carried out in which adolescents (In recent years, there has been an increase in the consumption of processed foods in the Brazilian context, directly related to a nutritional transition leading to changes in dietary pattern, towards diets of low nutritional quality [Therefore, understanding the trajectories of diet quality and identifying which influences are directly related to negative eating behaviors are necessary to positively modify health conditions [The demand for processed foods requires early lifestyle changes, with increased physical activity and improved dietary patterns. Thus, multi-professional actions are necessary to reverse this situation [Given this, understanding parental patterns and a possible relationship between food consumption in parents and adolescents become relevant to promote assertive interventions to combat overweight and obesity A recent study developed in Spain identified that nuclear families could promote better information about healthy eating habits for children and adolescents [