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

Figure & Data

REFERENCES

Citations

Citations to this article as recorded by