This study was prepared by nurses who perform at outpatient level, on an Adult Health Program, in Public Health, at a general hospital in Porto Alegre, RS. It is an original contribution of a descriptive-analytic research, with groups of overweight patients, cared for through health education courses. It is here intended the evaluation of four aspects, without any priority order: interest demonstrated by the clients towards group education, their reaction to the subjects developed, weight reduction and translated by the alteration of some life habit
