• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.240-245
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• 2005

The problem of childhood obesity is accelerating throughout the world. Korea is no longer an exception to this problem. The following topics are discussed in this review article: 1) the linkage between childhood obesity and adult obesity, which is often associated with metabolic diseases such as type2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancers; 2) characteristics of childhood obesity; 3) measurement of obesity and its unique problem; 4) recent trends in interventions for childhood obesity. Lastly, the author points out that nurses are best suited for carrying out interventions to prevent obesity in childhood. As childhood obesity is a risk factor for persistence of obesity into adulthood, the need to consider the priority of prevention of obesity during childhood is emphasized in this review.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제34권7호
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• pp.1224-1233
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• 2004

Purpose: This study was to investigate the effects of problem solving group counseling on the index of obesity and health habits for obese children. Method: Forty seven obese children participated in the study(Exp.=22, Cont.=25). Children were recruited from the forth and fifth grade with higher than $20\%$ of the obesity degree. The problem solving counseling lasted for 10 weeks. In order to evaluate the effects of counseling, physical characteristics and health habits were measured three times; pretest, posttest, and at 10 weeks follow-up. The obtained data was analyzed by $x^2-test$, t-test, and repeated measures ANOVA, using the SPSS WIN 10.0program. Result: Problem solving group counseling was effective on the physical characteristics(BMI, obesity degree, body fat ratio, waist measurement) and health habits over time. Children in the experimental group controlled their body weight better and reported lower scores in the index of obesity than children in the control group at 10 weeks follow-up. Conclusion: This counseling program helped obese children modify their health habits so that they could decrease their scores in the obesity index. It can be concluded that problem-solving counseling enhanced problem-solving abilities of obese children, which could help modify their ordinary health habits.

• 과학기술학연구
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.137-172
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• 2013

전세계적으로 비만에 대한 경각심이 고조되고 있다. 한국에서도 비만은 치료해야 할 질병으로 인식되고 있으며 다양한 해결 방법들이 논의되고 있다. 비만의 문제화 과정은 BMI(체질량지수)라는 표준화된 수치를 통해 지엽적인 행위자 집단에서 개별적으로 이루어진다. 건강감시를 통해 질병의 예방을 강조하는 질병관리체계는 비만의 위험을 증폭시키고 비만과 관련된 행위자 집단이 문제해결과정에 참여하게 만든다. 비만치료법은 행동치료에서 약물치료로, 최근에는 비만수술이 추가되면서 단계화되어 나타난다. 이 과정에 관여하고 있는 행위자 집단은 새로운 비만치료기술인 랩밴드 수술에 관심을 갖고 랩밴드 연결망을 구성하게 된다. 이 논문은 비만 치료법의 표준화 과정을 랩밴드에 관심을 갖고 있는 다양한 행위자들의 연결망이 확장되는 과정으로 보고자 한다. 이 과정에서 다양한 행위자 집단은 랩밴드 수술에 각자의 이해관계를 투영하는 다중 번역을 통해 연결된다. 랩밴드 수술이 각 행위자들에게 해석적 유연성을 제공하는 경계물(boundary object)로서 작동한 것이다.

• 한국아동복지학
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• 제40호
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• pp.201-228
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• 2012

본 연구는 아동의 과체중 비만과 정신건강문제의 관계에서 집단 따돌림의 매개효과를 확인하기 위해 수행하였다. 이를 위해 한국아동청소년종합실태조사 자료를 분석하였다. 분석에 있어서 변수들 간 구조방정식 모형을 설정한 후 측정모형과 구조모형 분석을 실시하였다. 그리고 매개효과를 검증한 후, 부분매개모형과 완전매개모형을 경쟁모형으로 비교하여 두 모형간의 $x^2$ 차이 검증을 실시하여 최종모형을 도출하였다. 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 아동의 과체중 비만이 정신건강문제에 직접효과가 유의하였다. 둘째, 아동의 과체중 비만과 정신건강문제에서 집단 따돌림의 매개효과가 유의하였다. 셋째, 아동의 과체중 비만, 집단 따돌림, 정신건강문제의 관계에 관한 완전매개모형의 적합도가 부분매개모형보다 높은 것으로 확인되었다. 이상과 같은 연구결과에 근거하여 아동의 과체중 비만의 정신건강 증진을 위한 개입 프로그램의 개발에 있어서 과체중 비만아동에 대한 개별적 개입 뿐 아니라 또래관계에서의 부정적 경험인 집단따돌림에 대한 또래 개입 등의 다각적인 접근이 필요함을 시사한다.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.568-581
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• 2011

This thesis is the study about application development for management obesity and personal health matters systematically based on Android smart phone system. Growing obesity problem for students organized by the lack of a device or program to manage at home has been favored as a serious problem. Currently developed smart phones has come into wide use by portable features and many applications. And to support populations of these features smart phones will be available for obesity management in your home without any equipment using. Accordingly, this paper is the study about application development for management obesity for growing students at home based on the latest smart phone platform Android.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.262-267
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• 2017

Objectives: The US ranks ninth in obesity in the world, and approximately 7% of US adults experience major depressive disorder. Social isolation due to the stigma attached to obesity might trigger depression. Methods: This paper examined the impact of obesity on depression. To overcome the endogeneity problem, we constructed pseudopanel data using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System from 1997 to 2008. Results: The results were robust, and body mass index (BMI) was found to have a positive effect on depression days and the percentage of depressed individuals in the population. Conclusions: We attempted to overcome the endogeneity problem by using a pseudo-panel approach and found that increases in the BMI increased depression days (or being depressed) to a statistically significant extent, with a large effect size.

• 센서학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.369-376
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• 2007

Recently, obesity that is increasingly becoming a major cause of various diseases is emerging as a serious social problem. In order to solve this problem, the necessity of measurement systems for overweight management has increased. This paper is a study on the measurement system for obesity management that can offer right medical services everywhere and allways by analyzing EMG (electromyograph) of the abdomen and then checking one's health state. For analyzing EMG signals of the abdomen, algorithms for energy detection, signal feature extraction, classification and recognition are presented. This paper proposes a system that provides an appropriate an estimation on the health status by evaluating the obesity degree and muscular strength of the abdomen through the system applying these algorithms.

• 항공우주의학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.45-50
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• 2021

Background: Obesity is a major public health problem that is causally related to serious medical conditions. In this study, the public health implications of obesity based on body mass index (BMI) with anthropometric measures among adults in the Republic of Korea and Japan in 2019 were compared. Methods: A simple cross-section, nationally representative of the raw data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2019 between Korea and Japan were used. We analyzed the data of those categorized as obese with a BMI of ≥25 kg/m² according to the World Health Organization Expert Consultation. Results: The average values of BMI based on body height and body weight among males and females in Korea were 24.6±0.08 and 23.3±0.09, respectively; those in Japan were 23.9±0.08 and 22.6±0.08, respectively. The measured anthropometric values were obviously higher in Korean than in Japan (P<0.01). The prevalence rates (PRs) of obesity by sex in Korea were 41.4% among males and 27.3% females; those in Japan were 32.5% among males and 22.0% among females. The statistically significant results showed that the total obesity rate was higher in males than in females in both countries (P<0.01). The PRs of obesity in Korea were 41.4% in males and 27.3% in females; those in Japan were 32.5% in males and 22.0% in females. The statistically significantly PR of total obesity among Korean adults was greater than that among Japanese adults (P<0.01). Conclusion: The PR of obesity in Korea relative to that in Japan showed a gradually increasing trend. Obesity is a major problem, especially in the pilot group. Reducing the prevalence of obesity among pilots is important for reducing in-flight medical incapacitation and ensuring flight safety. Obesity management is necessary to prevent obesity-related diseases and promote pilot health.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.461-472
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• 2019

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Globally, it has been projected that there will be 2 billion overweight and 1 billion obese individuals by 2030. In Korea, the prevalence of adult obesity (BMI > 25) increased from 29.7% in 2009 to 32.4% in 2015. Moreover, childhood obesity, which leads to adulthood obesity, has increasingly become a social problem. The purpose of this review is to summarize the scientific basis for the development of effective models and policies aimed at preventing obesity over a lifetime based on research modeling obesogenic environments. MATERIALS/METHODS: The review focuses on the characteristics of obesity prevalence and trends in 3P analysis (papers, patents, and products) as well as government-funded projects in Korean obesity obesogenic environments over the last 10 years. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: As a result of the 3P analysis, studies on obesity risk factors were frequently carried out, according to two data bases RISS (4.9%) and PubMed (24.7%). Since there were only 17% patents related to the mechanism of preventing obesity in 7,951 Korean patents related to obesity, new paradigms of technologies to dominate the global obesity markets are needed. After government-funded projects were analyzed, communication and cooperation in multi-governmental departments were suggested to elucidate the characteristics of Korean obesity. Government should also produce short- and long-term road maps to develop a practical, successful outcome. Although the rate of obesity in Korea is currently lower than in other developed countries according to WHO criteria, without adequate governmental intervention, obesity rates will approach those of the top countries with high incidence rates of obesity within the next 10 years.

• 한국학교보건학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.217-230
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to find out problems in obesity management through survey and analysis of the actual conditions from the view of a elementary schools school-nurses and to establish fundamental data for efficient obesity management. The subjects for this study were 313 numbers of elementary school-nurses in Kyung-Sang-Pook-Do. The data were collected through mail questionaries from November 1 to November 30, 1997. The major findings in this survey were as follows: 49.8% of the school-nurses who responded in the survey were in their 30s. The average career was 7.3years. The average service duration in their present school was 2.3 years, 55.6% of them were serving at schools which have less than ten classes total 77.2% of them were serving rural areas, 79.6% of them were serving at schools with fewer than 100 obese students. The total obesity prevalence rate was 11.4%, 13.3% were girls, 9.3% were boys. The measurement of height and weight is performed once a year for all surveyed students (91.7%), but obese students were measured as much five times (51.1%). The rate of obesity management planning was 74.1%, however the rates of evaluation and role assignment were 41. 2%, and 24.3%. 79.6% of the surveyed schools have health education classes for obesity, the rate compared (8.0 periods per year) to the whole of health education (79.1 periods per year) is 10.1%. 99.9% of the schools had counseling rooms for obesity (combined with nursing rooms) but they were used. The roote of individual counseling was 84.3%. The frequency counseling was six times a year for about 15 minutes. Obesity counseling records were kept 93.6% of the time and individual information cards were kept 98.7% of the time. The frequency of parents counseling was 42.8% and the survey shows that the main problem here was insufficient counseling facilities. The frequency of dietary guidance and exercise therapy was 84.3% and the dietary instructor was usually the school nurse at 51.7%. The frequency of obesity student exercise was 1-2 times a week and more-than-10-minutes at a time. They skip rope during the morning self-study class. The number on problem of exercise guidance at 56.2% was students' non-cooperativeness. School-nurses, 87.9%, answered that obesity management at school is necessary and 86.9% mentioned the shortage of obesity related information in present physical exercise books. From the plural responses of executing the obesity management, there are many similar problems: lack of knowledge and non-cooperation in parents at 41.9%, is predominant followed by of knowledge and non-cooperation in the children. The third problem is the lack of funds and facilities.