Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Outcome of structured health education intervention for obesity‑risk reduction among junior high school students: Stratified cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) in South India

. Jaun Z. Rizvi; . Pawan Kumar; . Muralidhar M. Kulkarni; . Asha Kamath

Volume 12, Issue 11 , December 2022, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: Obesity has been identified as a serious global health concern whose prevalencedoubles almost every 10 years. Health education regarding physical activity and healthy diet ... Read More BACKGROUND: Obesity has been identified as a serious global health concern whose prevalencedoubles almost every 10 years. Health education regarding physical activity and healthy diet impartedto adolescents could prove to be fruitful in reducing obesity‑risk. Objectives of this study were toevaluate the effect of health education intervention on knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP)regarding obesity‑risk reduction and to estimate the postinterventional change in body massindex (BMI) and total body fat (%) among adolescent school children in South India.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Stratified cluster randomized controlled trial was carried out among398 students recruited at baseline including 206 and 192 participants in intervention and controlgroup respectively selected through simple random sampling from eligible government aided andprivate schools to assess KAP regarding physical activity and diet using pretested and validatedquestionnaire by making three school visits 6 months apart. Anthropometric measurements wererecorded in first and third visit only, while health education intervention was given in first visit tointervention and third visit to control group after taking their responses on the questionnaire. Datawere entered and analyzed using SPSS version 15.RESULTS: Overall dropout rate was 13.5% with dropout in intervention and control group being12.6% and 14.5% respectively, making 180 participants in intervention and 164 in control groupavailable for analysis. Mean physical activity KAP score improved significantly from 16.19 ± 4.61to 19.46 ± 10.07 in intervention group. Mean dietary KAP score also improved significantly from21.38 ± 4.07 to 23.43 ± 4.53 in intervention group (p < 0.001). Mean BMI decreased significantlywithin intervention group (p < 0.001) as compared to control group (p = 0.908). Based on cut‑off levelfor total body fat (%) to categorize obesity‑risk among participants, statistically significant decline inproportions from 26.1% to 13.3% was observed in intervention group (p < 0.001).CONCLUSION: Results depicted better KAP in intervention group than control group in all the threevisits while it improved significantly within both groups. Hence, the health education was found tobe effective in improving the overall KAP regarding modifiable risk factors of obesity among thestudy participants. Further studies to screen the adolescents for obesity‑risk and successive healtheducation sessions must be carried within schools in order to bring about change in knowledge,attitude, and practices regarding obesity‑risk.

Effectiveness of a school‑based nutrition education program on waist circumference and dietary behavior among overweight adolescents in Puducherry, India

. Sumathy Ponnambalam; . Soundararajan Palanisamy; . Rajeswari Singaravelu; . Hemamalini Arambakkam Janardhanan

Volume 12, Issue 9 , October 2022, , Pages 1-5

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BACKGROUND: The influence of western lifestyle such as high‑caloric dense food and sedentarylifestyle has a great influence on Indian children, and the current prevalence of childhood ... Read More

Obesity consequences from the people’s perspective living in Kurdish regions of Iran: A qualitative content analysis

. Seyed Fahim Irandoost; . Mohammad Hosein Taghdisi; . Tahereh Dehdari; . Bahman Bayangani; . Nammam Ali Azadi

Volume 9, Issue 8 , August 2019, , Pages 1-10

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BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity are one of the most public health problems in the world.Considering obesity prevalence and its widespread health, economic, psychological, and socialconsequences, ... Read More

Effect of green tea on metabolic and hormonal aspect of polycystic ovarian syndrome in overweight and obese women suffering from polycystic ovarian syndrome: A clinical trial

. Hatav Gasemi Tehrani; . Maryam Allahdadian; . Farzane Zarre; . Hanie Ranjbar; . Fateme Allahdadian

Volume 7, Issue 2 , May and June 2017, , Pages 1-5

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the common cause ofOligo‑ovulation. This syndrome causes long‑term metabolic issues as well as increase the risk ... Read More

Prevalence of obesity and behaviors associated with the development of metabolic disease among medical practitioners in Jordan

. Jafar F. Alarjan; . Omar S. Hindawi; . Lawrence W. Judge; . Ziad A. Aleyadh; . David. M. Bellar

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, , Pages 1-7

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Background: The health status of medical practitioners can potentially impact their abilityto counsel patients. The purpose of the study was to examine the prevalence of obesity andbehaviors ... Read More Background: The health status of medical practitioners can potentially impact their abilityto counsel patients. The purpose of the study was to examine the prevalence of obesity andbehaviors associated with the development of metabolic disease among medical practitionersin the country of Jordan. Materials and Methods: The participants were 748 (male n = 285,32.3 years ± 7.3, female n = 463, 29.7 years ± 5.7) randomly selected pharmacists, nurses,physicians, medical lab technicians, and radiation specialists from a variety of medicalinstitutions in Jordan. A short 25‑item validated instrument was chosen for this investigation.After the survey was administered and data were tabulated, one‑way analysis of varianceand Pearson’s Chi‑square analysis were conducted to examine differences in reported riskbehaviors (low physical activity [PA], smoking) and obesity by gender, age and medicalspecialty. Results: Descriptive analysis revealed that 20.9% of the participants self‑reported assmokers of cigarettes, 47.9% were either overweight or obese, and 52.9% reported no days ofplanned PA on average per week. The results suggested a difference in body mass index (BMI)classification (F = 17.9, P ≤ 0.001) and smoking (F = 5.33, P = 0.021) by age. Mean ageassociated with being underweight was 26.4 years for normal weight 29.3 years for overweight31.6 years and finally for obese was 34.5 years. Chi‑square test resulted in differences bygender(2 > 50, P ≤ 0.001)forBMI (males: 26.4 ± 3.7; females: 24.6 ± 3.7),PA (males no plannedPA 61.1%, females 47.9%) and smoking (males 43.1% smokers, females 7.1%). Researchersdiscovered that medical specialty was related to differences in reported smoking (2 = 26.5,P ≤ 0.001) and days of planned PA (2 = 24.2, P = 0.019). Conclusions: Within the populationof medical practitioners there is still a high incidence of obesity and risk behaviors associatedwith metabolic diseases. It also appears thatthese incidence rates are greater amongmen, with increasing age, and among certainmedical specialties.

Understanding the relationship between nutritional knowledge, self‑efficacy, and self‑concept of high‑school students suffering from overweight

. Leila Rabiei; . Gholam Reza Sharifirad; . Leila Azadbakht; . Akbar Hassanzadeh

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, , Pages 1-6

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Background and Aim: Adolescents’ overweight problems have been paid much attention dueto their significant increase in recent decades in developed countries. Poor eating patternssubsequently ... Read More Background and Aim: Adolescents’ overweight problems have been paid much attention dueto their significant increase in recent decades in developed countries. Poor eating patternssubsequently affect their self‑efficacy and self‑concept. Therefore, paying attention to thenutritional knowledge of overweight students in this period is essential. This study examines therelationship between self‑efficacy, self‑concept, and nutritional knowledge of overweight studentsin the city of Isfahan. Materials and Methods: The 140 overweight students who participated inthis descriptive, analytical study with were randomly selected from one of five areas of Isfahancity in the year 2011‑2012. Questionnaires for data collection in this study included demographicform, nutrition knowledge, Cooper Smith self‑esteem, and general self‑efficacy questionnaire.Data were analyzed by ANOVA, regression, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient with statisticalpackage in social sciences version 18. Results: There was a significant correlation betweenwhole nutritional knowledge and self‑efficacy (r = 0.29, P > 0.001) and self‑concept (r = 0.26,P = 0.002). There was a significant correlation between self‑efficacy and self‑concept (r = 0.3,P = 0.001). Furthermore, in the selection of food section there was no significant correlation with theself‑concept (r = 0.147, P = 0.083). Regression analysis between self‑concept, self‑efficacy, familydimension, father’s education, mother’s education, father’s occupation, mother’s occupationaand income with nutrition knowledge showed that these eight variables explain 17.7% of thevariance in health behaviors totally. Conclusion: By conducting this study, and revealing the directrelationship between nutritional knowledge, self‑concept, and self‑efficacy, we could concludethat if nutritional knowledge of overweight students is promoted, this factor would lead to anincrease their self‑concept and self‑efficacy in order to adopt healthy behaviors and have theexpected healthy eating and healthy life‑style.

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Outcome of structured health education intervention for obesity‑risk reduction among junior high school students: Stratified cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) in South India

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Effectiveness of a school‑based nutrition education program on waist circumference and dietary behavior among overweight adolescents in Puducherry, India

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Obesity consequences from the people’s perspective living in Kurdish regions of Iran: A qualitative content analysis

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Effect of green tea on metabolic and hormonal aspect of polycystic ovarian syndrome in overweight and obese women suffering from polycystic ovarian syndrome: A clinical trial

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Prevalence of obesity and behaviors associated with the development of metabolic disease among medical practitioners in Jordan

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Understanding the relationship between nutritional knowledge, self‑efficacy, and self‑concept of high‑school students suffering from overweight

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