IEF Alto Palermo:
Billinghurst 1873 Planta Alta
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Tel: +54 (011) 4825-1155/1562

A daily and personalized follow-up by a nutrition professional. Diets tailored to each customer/patient needs. According to each person’s requirements, some dietary supplements and/or natural medication (phytotherapy, lisadotherapy,etc) can be added.

Obesity

It is defined as a endocrinous-metabolic syndrome with an important genetic base, heterogenous, with an excess of fatty tissue. Overweight is an increase in body weight in relation to height.

This disease is epidemic as it is considered that between 30 to 40% of adult population in developed countries suffer from it and it is associated with food availability, including alcohol, sedentary lifestyles and less muscular effort. People with severe obesity have a higher probability of having associated diseases such as mellitus diabetes, hypertension, coronary diseases, dislipemias, arthritis, gout and gallstones.

Obesity is a problem continuously growing and it is a matter of concern for public health. It is no longer an aesthetic condition but a risk factor for health, affecting all aspects of a person’s life, not only his health but also self-esteem and social well-being.

Assessment of nutritional state

The assessment of the nutritional state is very important in the nutrition clinic because it can evaluate the particular situation of an individual, allowing us to reach a diagnosis and start an effective treatment.

It involves: