Marjan Ajami, Masaharu Kagawa, Farnaz Roshanmehr, Somayeh Sadat McKian, Mohammad Radfar, Roya Vazirijavid, Anahita Houshiarrad, Mina Esmaeili, Farzad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Lyndah Lovell, Morteza Abdollahi
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of narrative group counseling combined with diet modification and exercise plans on weight loss in Iranian women with obesity. DESIGN: Parallel 2-arm clinical trial. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-six Iranian women with obesity (aged 18-50 years). INTERVENTION: The intervention group included weekly diet, exercise, and narrative-focused group counseling, whereas the comparison group included dietary modification and exercise sessions for 8 months (32 sessions)...
July 29, 2022: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior