Weight stabilization according to a self-help programme for overweight persons with and without support by a caloric value computer

T. Ellrott, A. Wendt, A. Austel, V. Pudel, Göttingen

Ich nehme ab is a proven programme for overweight people that aims at a mild weight reduction or prevention of further weight gain. In this study overweight women did lose an average of 1.3 kg per year. The proportion of very successful participants (≥5 % below initial weight) was about 20 %.

If the programme was supported by a portable nutrition computer (mealus), an average of 2.0 kg per year was lost. In this group the proportion of very successful participants (≥5 % below initial weight) was about 30 %. The favourable effect of the nutrition computer is nearly exclusively caused by a higher compliance of the participants (a lower number of dropouts) in the initial phase of the programme.

Key words: Weight stabilization / self-help programme / support / caloric value computer

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