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Multidisciplinary Approach to Obesity Management: A Case Report
Published on: May 30, 2025
[Weight loss in overweight or obese patients and family functioning]
Rosalba Jaramillo-Sánchez1, Irene Espinosa-de Santillana, Ilia Angélica Espíndola-Jaramillo
1Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Delegación Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México. rosalba.jaramillo@imss.gob.mx
Objective:
to determine the association between weight loss and family functioning.
Methods:
a cohort of 168 persons with overweight or obesity from 20-49 years, either sex, with no comorbidity was studied at the nutrition department. A sociodemographic data was obtained and FACES III instrument to measure family functioning was applied. At the third month a new assessment of the body mass index was measured. Descriptive statistical analysis and relative risk were done.
Results:
obesity presented in 50.6 %, 59.53 % of them did not lose weight. Family dysfunction was present in 56.6 % of which 50 % did not lose weight. From 43.4 % of functional families, 9.52 % did not lose weight (p = 0.001). The probability or risk of not losing weight was to belong to a dysfunctional family is 4.03 % (CI = 2.60-6.25).
Conclusions:
A significant association was found between the variables: weight loss and family functioning. Belonging to a dysfunctional family may be a risk factor for not losing weight.
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