Outcomes
The outcomes included safety indicators (complications of the treatment) and efficacy indicators such as weight loss (kg), change in BMI (kg/m2), % total weight loss (%TWL), and % excess weight loss (%EWL), considering ideal body weight as the equivalent to a BMI of 25kg/m2. The success of the treatment was evaluated according to %TWL ≥10% [6] and %EWL: patients divided into those who did not achieve the goal of the treatment (<25%), those with successful treatment (25–50%), and those who had high success (>50%). The success of the treatment was also evaluated as the achievement of a BMI < 25 kg/m2 at the end of the study. Adherence to the nutritional treatment was evaluated as attendance at nutritional consultations and classified as the number of consultations attended.