2.1. Study Design and Subjects
obesity
OBESITY
The present study is a pilot single-center randomized clinical trial designed to test the efficacy of a PSMF diet administered via NGT (ProMoFasT) compared with the same PSMF diet taken orally in patients with obesity. Subjects were evaluated and enrolled in the Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Unit of the IRCCS Policlinic San Martino Hospital, University of Genoa (Italy) according to the following inclusion and exclusion criteria. We included patients with obesity with a BMI above 34.9 kg/mInformed written consent for the use of personal data was obtained from patients. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of the IRCCS Policlinic Hospital San Martino in Genoa (Italy) (n.reg CEA 125/10) in February 2011 and was registered on 