Cartas científicas Failure of a single nutrition counseling session for climateric women

An adequate food intake is fundamental for eutrophy, prevention and treatment of obesity. Particu-larly among women, the climacteric phase leads to changes in body composition, characterized by reduced lean mass and energy metabolism resulting in increased fat accumulation associated with inadequate eating habits.1 On this basis, these women must be counseled about a proper nutrient intake, the mainte-nance of a healthy weight and the performance of phys-ical activity. Thus, we evaluated a group of climacteric women from a nutritional viewpoint, before and after a single qualitative nutritional intervention and its effec-tiveness. We also compared two methods of body composition analysis with a gold standard one. Anthropometric, dietary and physical activity dat