The study is an open-label intervention non pharmacological Cohort Study without control arm in patients with Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and in healthy subjects. The intervention in patients with NAFLD is educational, providing personalized suggestions to improve diet and physical activity; the intervention in healthy subjects is educational, providing general suggestions to improve diet and physical activity.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
After completion of a Food Frequency Questinnaire (FFQ) and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), patients enrolled in the study undergo a personalized educational intervention by a registered dietician. During the intervention the dietician advice about the main errors in diet and physical activity (by FFQ and IPAQ) and chooses three aims in diet modification and one aim in physical activity improvement. Patients adherence is assessed by the same dietician every three months, using FFQ and IPAQ, and futher supports are provided. Total intervention lenght is twelve months.
ASST Spedali Civili Brescia
Brescia, Italy
Weight loss
A reduction of at least 3 Kg
Time frame: 12 months
Body Mass Index (BMI) decrease
A dicresae of at least 1Kg/m2
Time frame: 12 months
Waist Circumference (WC) decrease
A decrease of at least 1.5 cm
Time frame: 12 months
Blood sugar level decrease
A decrease of 6 mg/dL
Time frame: 12 months
Blood cholesterol level decrease
A decrease of 9 mg/dL
Time frame: 12 months
Blood triglycerides level dicrease
A decrease of 12 mg/dL
Time frame: 12 months
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