Intensive nutrition counseling as part of a multi-component weight loss intervention improves diet quality and anthropometrics in older adults with obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Obesity significantly impacts older adults. Intensive nutrition counseling can aid in weight reduction and improve diet quality, but data are sparse in this population. The objective of this intervention is to determine how intensive nutrition counseling affects diet quality and anthropometric measures during a multi-component weight loss intervention in rural older adults with obesity.

Methods

A series of 12-week, single-arm feasibility pilots were conducted in fall 2017 and winter/spring 2018 in a community aging center in rural Northern New England. Adults were eligible if ≥ 65 years old with a Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m². Exclusion criteria included dementia/cognitive impairment, uncontrolled psychiatric illness, weight-loss surgery, we

SUBMITTER: Al-Nimr RI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7670080 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature