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.