title: [PREDICTORS OF WEIGHT LOSS AND FAT IN THE DIETARY MANAGEMENT: SEX, AGE, BMI AND CONSULTING ASSISTANCE].
abstract: WL%: percentage of weight loss; % FL: percentage fat loss; PNLWF: patients who lose weight or fat; PLWF: patients who lose weight and fat.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  assess whether the% WL and FL% in the dietary treatment was affected by gender, age, BMI and assistance to the query.
  
  
  METHODS
  4,700 consultations, 670 patients (BMI ≥25), in the south-east of Spain (2006-12). Balanced and hypo-caloric diet was used. Two types of patients: PNLWF and PLWF (91.9%).
  
  
  RESULTS
  in PLWF, men and those attending a greater number of occasions to the consultation have shown a greater loss against women (%FL: 23.0 vs 14.3%, p = 0.000; %WL: 7.7 vs 6.6%, p = 0.020), and those who attend less frequently (%FL: 19.1 vs 7.3%, p = 0.000; %WL: 7.8 vs 2.9%, p = 0.000). Multinomial regression analysis (PNLWF / PLWF) indicates that only attend more than one and a half to the consultation is a factor in the loss, OR 8.3 (IC 95% 4.5-15.1; p = 0.000).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the body fat measurement provides additional information lost weight; Most patients attend more than six weeks, obtained a high %FL; attendance is a predictor of loss; the %FL indicates that the dietary management plays a major role in the resolution of this pathology; It is recommended to design practical schemes of action process nutritionists according to the IMCI and variable.
authors: Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Alicante.. manuel.reig@ua.es.
authors: Manuel
authors: M
authors: Reig García-Galbis
authors: Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Alicante.. manuel.reig@ua.es.
authors: Mercedes
authors: M
authors: Rizo Baeza
authors: Departamento de Farmacología, Pediatría y Química orgánica, Universidad Miguel Hernández, España.. manuel.reig@ua.es.
authors: Ernesto
authors: E
authors: Cortés Castell
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D015431:Weight Loss