Title : Effects of nutrition intervention on weight loss in female patients with obesity
Abstract:
Objective:
To study the effects of specific nutritional diet (SND) with low calorie, low glycemic index and high protein on body weight and composition changes in female patients with simple obesity.
Methods:
A total of 65 simple female patients with simple obesity were divided into two groups voluntarily. The experiment group (n=35) received 45-day SND and the control group (n=30) received low energy diet intervention. Body weight and composition in two groups were compared before and after intervention and respective effects on weight loss were evaluated.
Results:
Body weight, body mass index, body fat mass, body fat percentage, waist-hip ratio and visceral fat area were decreased in both groups after intervention; the decline in experiment group was significantly sharper than that of the control group, the difference the difference of which was statistically significant (P<0.05). Skeletal muscles?body protein mass?intra-cellular water?extra-cellular water and bone mineral content had no statistically significant difference before and after nutrition intervention ( P>0.05).
Conclusion:
SND with low calorie, low glycemic index and high protein diet intervention is a healthy nutrition intervention which can effectively lose weight?reduce body fat and visceral fat without affecting lean body mass?protein mass and water content in patients with simple obesity.
Keywords: Specific diet intervention; Simple obesity; Weight loss; Body composition
