%0 Journal Article
%T Study of the role of nutrition education in the process of weight loss.
%A Jafri
%A A.
%A Jabari
%A M.
%A Hibbi
%A N.
%A Delpeuch
%A F.
%J Nutrici¨®n Cl¨ªnica y Diet¨¦tica Hospitalaria
%D 2012
%I Sociedad Espa?ola de Diet¨¦tica y Ciencias de la Alimentaci¨®n (SEDCA)
%X Objective: Our study aims to assess the effectiveness of nutrition education in fighting overweight and obesity. Methods: The study enrolled healthy adult women from Casablanca, Morocco with overweight or obesity. 96 women participated to the study, but only 52 participated to the end. Participants were randomized into 3 groups: control group (CG), group 1 (G1 participatedto a seminar of nutrition education), and group 2 (G2 participated to 2 follow-up sessions per month).Anthropometric measurements and body composition were taken at the baseline and after 12 weeks of the beginning of the study.Results: Both participating groups showed a significant decrease in weight after the 12 weeks, (G2: 3.2 kg ¡À 0.65 (p<0.01); G1: 1.4 kg ¡À 1.33 (p<0.01)).Significant changes also have been noticed in the body composition parameters (body fat and skeletal muscles) in both groups. The control group didn¡¯t show any significant changes.Conclusions: Our findings suggest that nutrition education might be a cost-effective way to fight and prevent obesity in Morocco especially in communities with little knowledge about good diet and the consequences of obesity.
%K Nutrition education
%K obesity
%K overweight
%K women
%K Morocco.
%U http://www.nutricion.org/publicaciones/revista_2012_32_3/ESTUDIO.pdf