Nutritional intervention in overweight and obese patients

Abstract

Background and Aims. Obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, pulmonary diseases, osteoporosis. Our study aimed to evaluate the caloric intake, vitamins and minerals from food before a nutritional intervention to overweight and obese patients. Material and methods. We evaluated the content of food before running a nutritional intervention program of 124 overweight and obese patients . We assessed the kilocalories, vitamins and minerals from intake food using a 7-day weighed food self-records; measured resting metabolic rate after eight hours fasting with an indirect calorimeter and parameters like weight, body mass index, body fat, percent of body fat, abdominal circumference and arterial tension.