ABSTRACT
The purpose of this article is to discover the age, sex and risk factor differences among a group of obese people who participate on a pedagogical program designed for weight loss and one which is not designed for weight loss and to establish the effectiveness of the aforementioned pedagogical program on those obese people who participate in that same program. To these ends, a non-controlled, prospective study was carried out in "L'Eixample" Primary Health Clinic in Lérida. From a group of 192 obese patients at a General Medicine clinic, 93 followed an individualized educational intervention program by means of scheduled nurse visits over a one year time period. This individualized educational program was based on: health information and records, nutritional education, physical exercise, motivation and help during follow-up sessions; all carried out under a scheduled nurse's control program. He overall effectiveness of this program has been 51.6%, or 48 patients; this program should be directed to the under 65 obese age group which do not have any risk factors.
