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Effect of an Obesity Management Program on Body Weight, Body Mass Index and Physiological Index of High School Girl Students  

Cha Kyu-Jung (On-Yang Girls High School)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.34, no.7, 2004 , pp. 1362-1371 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study was to examine the effect of an obesity management program on the body weight, body-mass index, and physiological index of obese female high school students. Method: Students from one school were selected as the experimental group, and students from another school as a control group so the latter group wasn't exposed to the experiment. The experimental group and the control group were each organized with 20 students. The experimental group received 60 minutes of behavior modification once a week, for eight weeks. Result: The Body weight, and Body mass-Index of the experimental group significantly decreased after the obesity management program. Total-cholesterol, T-G, and LDL-C significantly decreased and HDL-C increased in the experimental group. Total-cholesterol, T-G, LDL-C and HDL-C between the experimental group and control group showed significant differences. Conclusion: These results indicate that the obesity management program had a great effect on decreasing the body weight and body-mass index of the female obese high school students, normalizing their physiological index. In conclusion, this program turned out to be one of the safest and most effective obesity-management methods that could be applied to female high school students.
Keywords
Behavior modification; Obesity; Exercise; Serum lipids;
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