EDUCATION IMPACT ON THE DECREASE OF OBESITY

Introduction: Overweight and obesity present major challenges of the public healthcare system in the 21st century. Number of persons with diagnosed obesity is still increasing and there is also a significant risk for the up growth of the cardiovascular disorders. Basic disorder in the appearance of obesity is the misbalance between the nutrition input and the energy consummation. Sedentary lifestyle and the lack of physical activity also contributes toward development of this disorder. Subjects and methods: The research was comprised from 221 subjects (41 male, 180 female). An indi-vidual nutrition plan to our patients on the basis of the nutrition habits (FFQ tests and 24h remember-ing test) and the anthropometric analysis. This was done with the assistance of the Omron apparatus and it included the calculation of the bodily mass, height, BMI, percentage of fat, percentage of mus-cle tissue, visceral fat and the necessities of basal metabolism. All the subjects had to go through the individual nutrition counselling. Advice was given about the necessity of the physical activity. Their progress was monitored in the period of 3 months, minimum number of visits was 3 and maximal 7. Results and Debate: Subjects were divided in groups according to sex and we used the t-test to de-fine the differences. The research encompassed 41 male subject (min TM = 69 kg ; max TM = 139 kg ; min BMI = 22,2 ; max BMI = 42,1) and 180 female subjects (min TM = 57 kg ; max TM = 134 kg ; min BMI = 20,8 ; max BMI = 50,2). Nutrition counselling had a high rate of success which become evident in fact that 92 % of participants achieved at least some sort of loss of bodyweight. The results point toward the positive correlation related to the number of counselling sessions attended, meaning that the higher rate of attendance leads to the loss of weight. Positive correlation between weight loss and exercise was not established, but a substantial progress in the loss of fat among the physically ac-tive subjects was established. Conclusion: ...