1. Nutrition-focused wellness coaching promotes a reduction in body weight in overweight US veterans
- Author
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Elena Zidaru, Mohammad Shahnazari, Angela Fong, S. Foley, Sandra Moody, and Carol Ceresa
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Saturated fat ,Nutritional Status ,Health Promotion ,Overweight ,Coaching ,law.invention ,Body Mass Index ,Nutrient density ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Weight loss ,Dietary Sucrose ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Weight Loss ,Medicine ,Humans ,Vitamin D ,Veterans Affairs ,Diet, Fat-Restricted ,Veterans ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,business.industry ,Sodium, Dietary ,General Medicine ,Feeding Behavior ,Middle Aged ,Dietary Fats ,Diet ,Calcium, Dietary ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Food, Organic ,San Francisco ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Energy Intake ,Body mass index ,Food Science ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Diet plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of major chronic diseases common in populations of US veterans. The role of nutrition-focused wellness coaching in improving dietary behavior and/or reducing weight in overweight and obese US veterans is not known. At the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, US veterans aged 25 to 80 years were randomized to receive nutrition coaching on eating behaviors at baseline only (control group, n=22) or an additional eight times over the course of 6 months (intervention group, n=28) in 2010-2011. Multiple coaching contacts decreased intake of energy, fat, and carbohydrate by 31% (Pā¤0.001) as evaluated by the 2005 Block food frequency questionnaire, which is composed of 111 food items. A weight loss of 5% from baseline (92.8 to 88.2 kg; P
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- 2012