title: [Analysis of the results of treatment of obesity in the hospital outpatient department].
abstract: The results obtained in the treatment of obesity in the out patient department of the Nutrition Unit of "La Paz" hospital during the first 6 years of experience were analyzed. To this end, different aspects of the treatment of obesity were studied in a successive manner. The first approach prospectively compared the results obtained with individual or group health care education (HCE); with no statistically significant differences being found. Before analyzing the results obtained with the different treatments, one notes a high rate of abandonment (65%). One sees that the global weight lost is statistically significant (7%). The amount of weight los differs depending on the degree of obesity (measured by the Body Mass Index): grade I and II obesities lost the same percentage of weight (7%), grade III lost 8% and grade IV is the grade that loses the most, 12%. Keeping in mind the treatment modality used, the results are as follows: both the diet alone and the diet in association with health care education in a group, achieve a weight loss of 7%, modified fasting yields 6%, adding drugs to the diet achieves a loss of 11% and the most effective is bariatric surgery with a loss of 18%.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Nutrición y Dietética del Hospital La Paz, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gómez Candela
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Cos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Julián Viñals
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: González Fernández
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iglesias
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Castillo
mesh_terms: D004038:Diet, Reducing; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
vernacular_title: Análisis de los resultados del tratamiento de la obesidad en consultas externas de un hospital.