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In every nutritional counselling represented health people at least half of attending nutrition counselling of the working-age subjects 45
all participants. This may confirm us that health people and people, who do not
have health problems, care more for their health. In the case, we could confirm
our hypothesis and observing the low percentage of participants with health
comorbidities, it is clear, that the presence of a health disorder or disease is not
a factor that have a big influence on motivation during nutritional assessment.
In the interpretation of our results of participants gender, anthropomet-
ric data and health status looking for those factors which may have influence
on the weight loss process, we were interested who mostly attended nutrition-
al assessment between young and older people. The results showed us that the
participants of the first visit were old from 20 to 86 years. Standard deviation
then changed during the next visits and it went nearer to the mean. People,
who attended more visits, were older – between 40 and 45 years old.
Conclusions
Based on our results, we can say that nutritional counselling are mostly visit-
ed by people who are in average 42 years old, healthy and with BMI in normal
range, which means that the participants were not exclusively obese people (BMI
> 30), but 70% of the participants had a BMI lower than 30. In every nutritional
counselling represented health people at least half of all participants. This may
confirm us that health people and people, who do not have health problems, care
more for their health. Regarding to our results it is clear, that the presence of a
health disorder or disease is not a factor, which have a big influence on motiva-
tion during nutritional assessment. Thus, the reasons why a normal-weight and
health person decides to attend nutritional counselling include a current disease
(or prevention of health comorbidities), and nutritional assessment for physical
activity or for an alternative food regime. However, in the interpretation of the
results we also need to consider that the fee charged for the nutritional counsel-
ling probably had an impact on the choice of the participants.
References
BERKATIS, K.D., AZARI, R., HELMS, L.J., CALLAHAN, E.J., ROBBINS, J.A.,
2000. Gender differences in the utilization of health care services. Jour-
nal of family practice, vol. 2, no. 49, pp. 147-152.
DANSINGER, M.L., TATSIONI, A., WONG, J.B., CHUNG, M. in BALK, E.M.,
2007. Meta-analysis: the effect of dietary counseling for weight loss [on-
line]. Annals of internal medicine, no. 147, pp. 41-50. [Viewed 27.05.2017].
Available from DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00007
ELFHAG, K. in RÖSSNER, S., 2010, Initial weight loss is the best predictor
for success in obesity treatment and sociodemographic liabilities in-
crease risk for drop-out [online]. Patient Education and Counseling, vol.
79, no. 3, pp. 361–366. [Viewed 30.08.2014]. Available from DOI 10.1016/j.
pec.2010.02.006.
all participants. This may confirm us that health people and people, who do not
have health problems, care more for their health. In the case, we could confirm
our hypothesis and observing the low percentage of participants with health
comorbidities, it is clear, that the presence of a health disorder or disease is not
a factor that have a big influence on motivation during nutritional assessment.
In the interpretation of our results of participants gender, anthropomet-
ric data and health status looking for those factors which may have influence
on the weight loss process, we were interested who mostly attended nutrition-
al assessment between young and older people. The results showed us that the
participants of the first visit were old from 20 to 86 years. Standard deviation
then changed during the next visits and it went nearer to the mean. People,
who attended more visits, were older – between 40 and 45 years old.
Conclusions
Based on our results, we can say that nutritional counselling are mostly visit-
ed by people who are in average 42 years old, healthy and with BMI in normal
range, which means that the participants were not exclusively obese people (BMI
> 30), but 70% of the participants had a BMI lower than 30. In every nutritional
counselling represented health people at least half of all participants. This may
confirm us that health people and people, who do not have health problems, care
more for their health. Regarding to our results it is clear, that the presence of a
health disorder or disease is not a factor, which have a big influence on motiva-
tion during nutritional assessment. Thus, the reasons why a normal-weight and
health person decides to attend nutritional counselling include a current disease
(or prevention of health comorbidities), and nutritional assessment for physical
activity or for an alternative food regime. However, in the interpretation of the
results we also need to consider that the fee charged for the nutritional counsel-
ling probably had an impact on the choice of the participants.
References
BERKATIS, K.D., AZARI, R., HELMS, L.J., CALLAHAN, E.J., ROBBINS, J.A.,
2000. Gender differences in the utilization of health care services. Jour-
nal of family practice, vol. 2, no. 49, pp. 147-152.
DANSINGER, M.L., TATSIONI, A., WONG, J.B., CHUNG, M. in BALK, E.M.,
2007. Meta-analysis: the effect of dietary counseling for weight loss [on-
line]. Annals of internal medicine, no. 147, pp. 41-50. [Viewed 27.05.2017].
Available from DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00007
ELFHAG, K. in RÖSSNER, S., 2010, Initial weight loss is the best predictor
for success in obesity treatment and sociodemographic liabilities in-
crease risk for drop-out [online]. Patient Education and Counseling, vol.
79, no. 3, pp. 361–366. [Viewed 30.08.2014]. Available from DOI 10.1016/j.
pec.2010.02.006.
