Weight loss program outcome of obese attending AL-Kindy obesity research and therapy unit

Abstract EN

Background: overweight and obesity are the fifth leading risk for global deaths.

At least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese.

Numerous studies show that weight loss, even if only 5-10%, significantly improves dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, risk for osteoarthritis and its symptoms and risk for selected cancers.

Objectives: is to evaluate the effect of diet and exercise program on anthropometric and biochemical status of adult obese patients.

Methods: descriptive study.

124 adult obese patients attending Al Kindy obesity research and therapy unit during December 2012 were included.

Measurement of Wt, height Ht and WC performed and BMI was calculated.

Laboratory test analysis, on the fasting state, was performed for plasma glucose, uric acid, Ch, Tg, and HDL, and LDL and VLDL levels were estimated.

Patients were advised about decreasing their weight by decreasing calories intake by about 500 calories daily with increasing physical activity to one hour of medium tension aerobic exercise for 3 months then reexamined.

Results: eighteen point five percents are males and 81.5% are females with mean age of 37.3 years, weight was reduced by 3 kilograms and waist by 6.6 cm and BMI by 1.9 Kg/m2 within 3 months.

Age groups, 30-39 and 40-49 years showed better response (3.5-4 kg Wt loss), while males lost 2.6 kg and female lost 3.8 kg within 3 months.

With reduction of total cholesterol by 17.3 mg/dl and reduction of total triglycerides by 24 mg/dl and reduction of LDL by 5 mg/dl and of VLDL by 4.3 mg/dl and increment of HDL by 1.8 mg/dl.

Mean fasting plasma glucose fell by 6.3 mg/dl and the uric acid level by 0.13 mg/dl.

Conclusions: mean weight loss of this program was modest and middle age group responded to weight loss program better than young significantly, old and males respond less than females but insignificantly.

In addition weight loss significantly resulted in correction of lipoproteins, blood glucose, and urate levels.