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. 2013 Jul;2(2):115-24.
doi: 10.7762/cnr.2013.2.2.115. Epub 2013 Jul 23.

Effect of the telephone-delivered nutrition education on dietary intake and biochemical parameters in subjects with metabolic syndrome

Juyoung Kim  1 , Wookyung Bea, Kiheon Lee, Jongsoo Han, Sohye Kim, Misung Kim, Woori Na, Cheongmin Sohn
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Effect of the telephone-delivered nutrition education on dietary intake and biochemical parameters in subjects with metabolic syndrome

Juyoung Kim et al. Clin Nutr Res. 2013 Jul.

Abstract

As prevalence of metabolic syndrome has rapidly increased over the past decade, lifestyle changes including dietary habits are considered as a therapeutic cornerstone for metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular complications and type 2 diabetes. We evaluated the effectiveness of a telephone-delivered nutrition education to improve metabolic parameters compared with a single-visit with a dietitian in subjects with metabolic syndrome. A total of seventy-one adults who met diagnostic criteria for the metabolic syndrome were randomly assigned to either the single-visit group or the in-depth nutrition education group during a 3-month intervention study period. The in-depth telephone-delivered nutrition education group had an initial visit with a dietitian and additional two telephone counseling during the first 4 weeks of the study periods. Sixty-six subjects completed a 3-month intervention study. The trial examined participant's anthropometric changes and dietary intakes as well as changes in the metabolic syndrome factors. At the end of the trial, the in-depth nutrition education group showed significantly higher reduction in weight, body fat and abdominal circumference compared with the other group (p < 0.05). In the in-depth nutrition groups, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome was decreased to 45.5%, while 69.7% of the subjects were metabolic syndrome patients in the single-visit group (p < 0.05). These results demonstrate that the telephone-intervention counseling is a feasible mean to deliver dietary intervention in patients with metabolic syndrome.

Keywords: Metabolic syndrome; Nutrition therapy; Telephone intervention.

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The flow diagram of study participants.
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