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Figure 2: Age of the participants on every consultation from 2009 to 2015. attending nutrition counselling of the working-age subjects 43
Picture 2 represents the average age of the participants who attended nu-
tritional counselling in the period between 2009 and 2015. A first consultation
was attended by 863 participants, whose average age was 42 years (SD = 12.13
years; the youngest being 20 years old; the oldest, 86 years old).
Our next step was to divide the participants of the first consultation ac-
cording to their BMI group. The BMI groups are standardised by the World
Health Organisation. We calculated the BMI of the participants with anthro-
pometric data using the formula (body mass - in kilograms - divided by the
square body weight – in square meters).
2% of the participants scored in the BMI group classification of under-
weight, 36% were in normal range, 32% pre-obese. Obese participants repre-
sented 30% of all (class I 20%, class II 7%, class III 5%).
Table 2: Division of the attendees of the first consultation (N = 863).
BMI (kg/m²) Classification N %
Less than 18.49 Underweight 15 2
18.5–24.9 Normal range 307 36
25.0–29.9 Overweight (pre-obese) 277 32
30.0–34.9 Obese class I 169 20
35.0–39.9 Obese class II 56 7
40.0 or more Obese class III 39 5
863 100
TOT
Discussion
The results of the analysis of the attendance of every consultation from 2009 to
2015 shows that only half of the participants who attended the first nutrition-
al counselling came to the second consultation. The decline in the percentage
of participants who did not return to the following consultation gradually de-
creased, probably due to the higher motivation of the participants who contin-
ued the nutritional assessment. However, in the interpretation of the results we
also need to consider that the fee charged for the nutritional counselling prob-
Picture 2 represents the average age of the participants who attended nu-
tritional counselling in the period between 2009 and 2015. A first consultation
was attended by 863 participants, whose average age was 42 years (SD = 12.13
years; the youngest being 20 years old; the oldest, 86 years old).
Our next step was to divide the participants of the first consultation ac-
cording to their BMI group. The BMI groups are standardised by the World
Health Organisation. We calculated the BMI of the participants with anthro-
pometric data using the formula (body mass - in kilograms - divided by the
square body weight – in square meters).
2% of the participants scored in the BMI group classification of under-
weight, 36% were in normal range, 32% pre-obese. Obese participants repre-
sented 30% of all (class I 20%, class II 7%, class III 5%).
Table 2: Division of the attendees of the first consultation (N = 863).
BMI (kg/m²) Classification N %
Less than 18.49 Underweight 15 2
18.5–24.9 Normal range 307 36
25.0–29.9 Overweight (pre-obese) 277 32
30.0–34.9 Obese class I 169 20
35.0–39.9 Obese class II 56 7
40.0 or more Obese class III 39 5
863 100
TOT
Discussion
The results of the analysis of the attendance of every consultation from 2009 to
2015 shows that only half of the participants who attended the first nutrition-
al counselling came to the second consultation. The decline in the percentage
of participants who did not return to the following consultation gradually de-
creased, probably due to the higher motivation of the participants who contin-
ued the nutritional assessment. However, in the interpretation of the results we
also need to consider that the fee charged for the nutritional counselling prob-
