Dietic intervention
post-thyroidectomy
All the patients (Group A) received an individual nutritional counseling, performed by a registered clinical dietitian, within one week pre-surgery (T0). The dietitians analyzed the patient’s dietary pattern and habits, estimating intake frequencies of all the food groups throughout a validated questionnaire, the “QueMD MODV6” [Both Groups, A and B, attended 40–60 days post-thyroidectomy (T1) and 1 year after (T2) dietetic consultations, which included evaluation of body weight, BMI, level of physical activity, smoking habitude and dietary modification by the QueMD MODV6 questionnaire.