在学校提高肥胖意识和敏感度,以改善体重控制和减少学生的肥胖耻辱:试点研究
Indu Saxena1, Manoj Kumar2, Alka Shukla3
1Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur, IND.
Cureus
|November 20, 2024
概括
儿童肥胖意识较低,但有针对性的计划显著提高了学生对健康体重的了解,并减少了偏见. 这种干预对于预防长期健康问题和促进福祉至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 儿童营养学 儿童营养学
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 全球和印度肥胖率的上升,包括儿童肥胖率,对健康和经济造成重大负担.
- 儿童肥胖是成年肥胖和相关非传染性疾病 (NCD) 的前体.
- 关于儿童肥胖严重性和预防的公众意识仍然不足.
研究的目的:
- 评估八年级学生对肥胖的认识和明确偏见.
- 评估肥胖意识和敏感化计划 (OASP) 在提高知识和减少偏见方面的有效性.
主要方法:
- 一项试点研究涉及389名八年级学生.
- 管理了计划前后的问卷,以评估肥胖意识和明确偏见.
- 发表了关于肥胖的原因,后果,体重管理和肥胖偏见的讲座.
主要成果:
- 27.8%的学生超重或肥胖.
- 对健康体重,与肥胖相关的疾病和体重管理挑战的基础意识较低.
- 干预后显著减少了明确的抗肥胖偏见.
- 提高学生对理想体重,健康饮食和生活方式的重要性的知识.
结论:
- 八年级学生表现出对健康体重,肥胖对健康的影响以及肥胖偏见的影响缺乏认识.
- 肥胖意识和敏感化计划有效地增强了知识,减轻了负面偏见,表明其成功.
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