The role and possibilities of health centers in prevention and treatment of extra body mass and obesity

Abstract

The analysis of results of examination of 2569 visitors of health center was carried out. The study of nutrition status of242 women with different body mass revealed surplus of intake of fats, carbohydrates, caloricity of day diet in persons with obesity and tendency of its increasing as far as body mass increases. On the basis of characteristics of structure of diet the program «School of rational diet» is developed. The comparison of laboratory, diagnostic and resource possibilities of health center with algorithm of treatment of patients with surplus body mass and obesity established large possibilities of health center not only in diagnostic (examination of diet and metabolic status) but in complex treatment of patients with different body mass. These possibilities include behavioral (development of motivation to change life-style), non-medicinal (diet therapy) and medicinal therapy. At the expense of group and individual prevention counseling in «School of rational diet» the implementation of such an approach promoted decreasing of body mass during a month (on 2.18±1.28 kg) in 64.4% of listeners of «School of rational diet».