Indivíduo: intervenção nutricional direcionada aos estilos de vida em indivíduos com obesidade

Abstract

Obesity treatment paradigm challenges both professionals and patients to engage on shared clinical decisions. Adopting a new food consumption pattern is contingent with multiple behavior changes, usually proposed by the health professional, which may negatively affect patients health-related quality of life, therefore compromising adherence and maintenance. This paper presents INDIVIDUO, a nutritional intervention procedure, which integrates nutritional strategies with patient-centered counseling, targeting to sustainable weight control. We also present the protocol for assessing the effectiveness (a controlled clinical trial) of this structured intervention, designed for obesity surgery candidates in a specialized multidisciplinary outpatient clinic. We expect intervened individual to engage in sustained behavior changes and to see significant clinical improvements in the intervention group, namely at weight loss, metabolic control and health-related quality of life.