CASE STUDY: WEIGHT LOSS CAUSES IMPROVEMENT IN METABOLIC SYNDROME AND COST EFFECTIVE

Abstract

A case report study conducted in a tertiary care hospital to determine the
effectiveness of supervised exercise diet plan along with behavioral therapy to
reduce weight in the metabolic syndrome. A 54 years old obese male was
selected to conduct the study that suffering from diabetes for last 10 years,
hypertensive previous 13 years, knee osteoarthritis previous 8 years back and
also has complaint of dyspnea as a result facing severe problems in his ADL. He
was on 8 different medications when he visited a Physiotherapy OPD in a tertiary
care hospital by his consultant to secure his health status. He was than enrolled
in fitness program to reduce weight under supervision of a physical therapist.
According to his lab reports he was highly on health risk and was going in severe
depression due to the difficulty facing in his daily life. The out measures of our
study was Visual Analogue scale, Exercise and diet plan with counseling
sessions, after 16 weeks supervised exercise diet plan and counseling sessions
we observe a marked improvement in glucose tolerance, exercise tolerance,
lipid profile and hypertension. The patient was following exercise plan for
5days/week and diet plan throughout the month with a single counseling
session in a week with marked reduction in medications. Our study concludes
that the medically supervised weight-loss program facilitates is safe and
effective in weight