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6 . 2015

Group preventive consultation of the population concerning nutrition. Experience of School of the balanced nutrition founded on the basis of the Health centers

Abstract

The development of the program of group preventive consultation of visitors of the centers of health concerning nutrition and assessment of its efficiency was the purpose of the work. The analysis of the results of inspection of 2569 visitors of the Health сenter at the age of 18–78 years and randomized, open, cross research of 242 women (27–72 years old) who passed group preventive consultation in the Center of health at «School of a balanced nutrition » were carried out. Anthropometrical data and the actual nutrition with use of the computer program «Analysis of the Person Nutrition» were studied. The study of nutritional status of 242 women with different body mass revealed an excess consumption of fats and carbohydrates, dietary energy supply in obese.

Basing on the structural features of patient’s nutrition the School nutrition program was developed. Сomparing of laboratory, diagnostic and resource capabilities of Health сenter with algorithm of overweight and obesity patients treatment has shown wide opportunities of Health сenter, not only in the diagnosis (the study of nutrient, metabolic status), but also in the complex treatment of patients with different body mass. Due to group preventive counseling in the School of a balanced nutrition the efficiency of such an approach contributed 1-month weight loss (2.18±1.28 kg) in 64.4% of the participants.

Keywords:overweight, obesity; dietary patterns; Health сenter; patient education; School of a balanced nutrition

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Viktor A. Tutelyan
Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Scientific Director of the Federal Research Centre of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety (Moscow, Russia)

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