[Initial evaluation of a follow-up program for obese patients]. / Evaluación inicial de un programa de seguimento del paciente obeso.

The initial results of an Obesity Programme being developed in our Health Centre is presented. It includes the evaluation of 90 individuals who form part of the programme, 79 (88%) of which are women and 11 (12%) are men, over a period of 7 months. 33% of the individuals (18) lost more than 50% of their excess weight, 8 of whom reached an ideal weight (15% of the total). 36% (20 individuals) lost between 25% and 50% of their excess weight and 31% (17 individuals) lost less than 25% of their excess weight. The conclusion bears reference to the difficulty the obese person has in losing weight, and especially in keeping his/her weight down.