Effectiveness of Weight Reducing Treatment
The effectiveness of weight reducing treatment
and maintaining of reduced weight depends in great extend on changing
patient's food preferences and it can be achieved through nutritional
education and through patients self-esteem. Estimation of changes in eating
behavior in obese women during 3 months of weight reducing treatment carried
by doctors, dietitian and psychotherapist. 3 months of weight reducing
treatment resulted in weight loss of 9.1 percent. Percentage of animal
fats in the meals was significantly reduced and the percentage of complex
carbohydrates (fruit and vegetables) and low-fat protein products was
increased. The change of a diet structure was accompanied by a symptomatic
decrease of preferences of simple carbohydrates and animal fats as well
as protein products. 3 months of weight reducing group treatment resulted
not only in a reduction of weight but also in modification of eating behavior
The beneficial change of food preferences which influenced the composition
of the consumed meals seems to be good predictor of a long-term effect
of the treatment. The most favorable results of the weight reducing treatment
can be obtained by group therapy using eating education and psychotherapy.
Source: Olszanecka-Glinianowicz M, Zahorska-Markiewicz
B, Skubacz M, Zurakowski A, Ziemlewska, M, Zak A. Katedry Patofizjologii,
Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach. 2003
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