Effect of the Telephone-Delivered Nutrition Education on Dietary Intake and Biochemical Parameters in Subjects with Metabolic Syndrome.
- Author:
Juyoung KIM
1
;
Wookyung BEA
;
Kiheon LEE
;
Jongsoo HAN
;
Sohye KIM
;
Misung KIM
;
Woori NA
;
Cheongmin SOHN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial
- Keywords: Telephone intervention; Metabolic syndrome; Nutrition therapy
- MeSH: Adult; Body Weight; Counseling; Education*; Food Habits; Humans; Clinical Trial; Life Style; Nutrition Therapy; Prevalence; Telephone
- From:Clinical Nutrition Research 2013;2(2):115-124
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- 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.
