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KMID : 1160620080130040286
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Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
2008 Volume.13 No. 4 p.286 ~ p.291
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Effects of Nutritional Education and Physical Exercise Program on Nutritional and Health Status of Obese Children in Busan Metropolitan City
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Hwang Hye-Jin
Jin Hye-Young
Chung Eun-Jung
Kim Soo-Yeon
Kwak Yi-Sub
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Abstract
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The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of a nutritional education and physical exercise program on obese children (47 boys and 36 girls). The nutritional education and physical exercise program was provided for 6 weeks and dietary habits, nutrient intake and hematological profiles were measured before and after the program. The BMI (body mass index, kg/m2) in male children was significantly reduced to 24.58±2.81 from 25.89±3.27 (p<0.01) and it was significantly reduced to 24.29±3.51 from 25.21±3.59 in female children after the completion of nutritional education and exercise program. Body fat in male children was remarkably reduced to 32.69±7.74% after education from 37.38±9.21% (p<0.001). After the program total cholesterol concentration in male children was reduced to 176.48±29.10 mg/dL from 196.03±29.10 mg/dL, whereas there was no significant difference in females before and after the nutritional education and exercise program. The grasping power of male children (p<0.05) and backmuscle strength of male (p<0.05) and female children (p<0.001) were significantly increased after the exercise program. The nutrient intakes that were different before and after the nutrition education were calories (p<0.05) and carbohydrate (p<0.05) in male children, and a significant increase in intake of vitamin A (p<0.05) was found in female children. There was a significant difference in meal time regularity before and after program. The findings of this study showed that there was a significant decrease in both body fat and weight, in addition to normalization of hematological profiles after the completion of nutrition education and physical exercise programs.
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KEYWORD
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obese children, nutritional education, physical exercise, hematological profile
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