The purpose of this study is to evaluate the most effectiveness between a personalized nutritional program with a counseling monthly phone call Versus personalized nutritional program with self help Informative Booklet in a group of obesity or overweight patients without counseling phone call.
Evaluate the best effectiveness between two methods applied in the Dietary Service of institute orthopedic Rizzoli for the achievement of the weight loss. Personalized nutritional program with counseling phone call versus personalized nutritional program with self help Informative Booklet in a controlled group.There will be compared two groups of patients: First group: patients subject to balanced personalized nutritional program associated to counseling monthly phone call ; compliance and loss of weight will be done monthly for one year. Second group: patients subject to balanced personalized nutritional program associated to self help informative Booklet; compliance and loss of weight will be done after six months and after one year from the first meeting.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
the dietician will call the patient at home, and invite them to answer 11 open questions.The questionnaire collects information about weight loss, behaviors that need to be changed, problem-solving as to how to make the changes and physical activity levels.
Self help informative booklet includes information on how to manage healthy weight, how to lose weight, physical activity and a simplified and abbreviated version of the main behavioural strategies
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Bologna, Italy
Weight Loss
The measure of weight must be detected with the help of a balance. Weight is measured using Professional Dial Column Scales without shoes or heavy clothing to the nearest 0.1 kg.
Time frame: Percent Change in weight loss at one year
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