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Attending nutrition counselling
of the working-age subjects
Melina Colsani, Maša Černelič Bizjak
University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
colsanimelina@gmail.com; masa.cernelic@upr.si
Abstract
Introduction: Health status and the presence of health problems can
be the primary reasons for nutritional-counselling visits. Based on
the information that we have gained from the counselling dietitian,
from 2009 to 2015, we have analysed the characteristics of subjects
who received nutritional counselling. The analysis covered data on
health status, anthropometric characteristics, and other physical
and psychological problems. Methods: We have analysed data on 863
working-age population (198 men and 665 women, of the average age
of 42 years), who visited a nutritional dietitian from 2009 to 2015.
Measurements of body composition were collected longitudinally, for
each person and for each subsequent nutritional counselling separately.
Results: Most of the participants were healthy, and their average age
was 42 years. Only a third of them had a BMI belonging to the group of
obesity, and 70% of the participants even stood within normal weight
body mass index classifications. Dietary counselling is numerically less
attended by men. Women are those who have most visits and are present
in several sessions. Discussion and conclusions: The initial state of health
does not provide information on the nutritional interventions, nor
does it forecast the number of consultations. By analysing the data, we
have obtained important information on the characteristics of persons
attending nutrition counselling, and a better understanding of those
factors which could have a major impact on the success or likelihood of a
successful outcome of nutritional counselling in the future.
Key words: nutritional counselling, successful outcome, body mass
index, age, health
doi: https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-7023-32-9.39-46
of the working-age subjects
Melina Colsani, Maša Černelič Bizjak
University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
colsanimelina@gmail.com; masa.cernelic@upr.si
Abstract
Introduction: Health status and the presence of health problems can
be the primary reasons for nutritional-counselling visits. Based on
the information that we have gained from the counselling dietitian,
from 2009 to 2015, we have analysed the characteristics of subjects
who received nutritional counselling. The analysis covered data on
health status, anthropometric characteristics, and other physical
and psychological problems. Methods: We have analysed data on 863
working-age population (198 men and 665 women, of the average age
of 42 years), who visited a nutritional dietitian from 2009 to 2015.
Measurements of body composition were collected longitudinally, for
each person and for each subsequent nutritional counselling separately.
Results: Most of the participants were healthy, and their average age
was 42 years. Only a third of them had a BMI belonging to the group of
obesity, and 70% of the participants even stood within normal weight
body mass index classifications. Dietary counselling is numerically less
attended by men. Women are those who have most visits and are present
in several sessions. Discussion and conclusions: The initial state of health
does not provide information on the nutritional interventions, nor
does it forecast the number of consultations. By analysing the data, we
have obtained important information on the characteristics of persons
attending nutrition counselling, and a better understanding of those
factors which could have a major impact on the success or likelihood of a
successful outcome of nutritional counselling in the future.
Key words: nutritional counselling, successful outcome, body mass
index, age, health
doi: https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-7023-32-9.39-46
