Breast cancer patients often change their lifestyle. The main goal of the master's thesis was to evaluate the effect of changes in their diet and physical activity on a possible change in body composition during adjuvant hormone therapy. With nutritional intervention we wanted to prevent gain weight and loss of muscle mass. At the first examination patients completed a questionnaire for evaluation nutritional status and physical activity and a three-day food diary. Then we measured the body composition with bioimpedance and made dietary intervention by a clinical dietitian. The control treatment using this procedure was repeated three months later. The results of body composition were compared and statistically analyzed based on the pattern of nutrition, physical activity and menopausal status. Most of the patients who did not change their eating habits gained weight. More than half of the patients involved in the study have changed their diet after dietary intervention, which in most cases led to a loss of body weight and fat. Physical activity had a positive effect on the patients who followed recommendations. Based on the results, we can conclude that diet and physical activity affect the body composition of such patients.
|
