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ArticlePloS one2016

Impact of Registered Dietitian Expertise in Health Guidance for Weight Loss.

Mie Imanaka, Masahiko Ando, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Takashi Kawamura

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mie ImanakaDepartment of Health and Nutrition, Kyoto Koka Women's University, Kyoto, Japan.
Masahiko AndoCenter for Advanced Medicine and Clinical Research, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Tetsuhisa KitamuraDivision of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Takashi KawamuraKyoto University Health Service, Kyoto, Japan.
Kyoto Koka Women's University · JPKyoto University · JPNagoya University Hospital · JPOsaka University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND &

objectivesExpertise of registered dietitians (RDs) is important for health guidance but has been poorly evaluated. We evaluated the kind of RD expertise that would improve their skills. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, MEASUREMENTS: This study was a post-hoc analysis of our randomized controlled trial, which compared the weight change between participants using the web-based self-disclosure health support and those using the email health support. Healthy men and women aged 35-64 years with a body mass index (BMI) of > = 24.5 kg/m2 were recruited for this study. We evaluated the relationship of RD expertise indicators including the duration of working as an RD, the experience of health counseling, and membership in the Japan Dietetic Association (JDA) with the weight loss of study participants. The primary endpoint was the change in body weight. Comparison of changes in body weight by the RD expertise indicators was evaluated using analysis of covariance.

resultsA total of 175 participants were eligible for analyses. Changes in body weight were significantly greater when they were supported by the RDs in the routine counseling group than when supported by the RDs in the non-routine counseling group (-1.8 kg versus -0.4 kg, fully adjusted P = 0.0089). Duration of working as an RD and JDA membership did not significantly affect changes in body weight.

conclusionsAmong some indices of RD experience, the experience of providing routine experience of health counseling was associated with weight loss.

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AdultBody Mass IndexBody WeightCounselingDieteticsFemaleHumansJapanMaleMiddle AgedNutritionistsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSelf DisclosureWeight Loss

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PMID27003943
PMCPMC4803206
OpenAlexW2305753184

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