Nutritional Counseling to Change Eating Behavior, Metabolism and Anthropometry in Adults With Abdominal Obesity

University of Guadalajara

Status

Completed

Conditions

Obesity, Abdominal

Treatments

Other: Nutritional counseling

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05046626

Universidad de Guadalajara

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the impact of changes in eating behavior through nutritional counseling, after nine months of intervention, on body composition and metabolism in adult workers with abdominal obesity

Full description

This study is a nutritional intervention in voluntary workers with abdominal obesity (waist circumference ≥102cm and ≥88cm). The intervention is divided into two phases: the intensive one has a duration of 6 months and consisted in a 4 face-to-face sessions with 9 online or telephone contacts based on the use of nutritional counseling [Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2013] and the second phase: consisted in a 3 months' follow-up with 2 telephone contacts and a final visit face-to-face. The investigators used the Cognitive Behavior Therapy process as a theoretical framework, and also used the intervention comprised sessions designed to promote motivation, social support, self-regulation to promote the eating behavior change process. The participants were measured weight loss, waist circumference, and the lipid profile change, pre-intervention, and after six and nice months post-intervention.

Enrollment

113 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

With abdominal obesity: men with waist circumference (CC) ≥102 cm and women with CC ≥88 cm.
Literacy.
Sign the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Participants with severe alterations of their renal function, hepatic, thyroid and circulatory system (self-reported or found in their laborarotorio analysis)
Participants with any serious illness, hospitalization in the 6 months prior to the start of the study.
In nutritional treatment for weight loss in the last three months.
In psychological and / or psychiatric treatment.
Depression or anxiety.
History of bariatric surgery.
Pregnant or lactating women.