title: [Weight loss in overweight or obese patients and family functioning].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to determine the association between weight loss and family functioning.
  
  
  METHODS
  a cohort of 168 persons with overweight or obesity from 20-49 years, either sex, with no comorbidity was studied at the nutrition department. A sociodemographic data was obtained and FACES III instrument to measure family functioning was applied. At the third month a new assessment of the body mass index was measured. Descriptive statistical analysis and relative risk were done.
  
  
  RESULTS
  obesity presented in 50.6 %, 59.53 % of them did not lose weight. Family dysfunction was present in 56.6 % of which 50 % did not lose weight. From 43.4 % of functional families, 9.52 % did not lose weight (p = 0.001). The probability or risk of not losing weight was to belong to a dysfunctional family is 4.03 % (CI = 2.60-6.25).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A significant association was found between the variables: weight loss and family functioning. Belonging to a dysfunctional family may be a risk factor for not losing weight.
authors.affiliation: Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Delegación Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México. rosalba.jaramillo@imss.gob.mx
authors.forename: Rosalba
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jaramillo-Sánchez
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Espinosa-de Santillana
authors.forename: Ilia Angélica
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Espíndola-Jaramillo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D015431:Weight Loss; D055815:Young Adult