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KMID : 0665420100250010091
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Korean Journal of Food Culture
2010 Volume.25 No. 1 p.91 ~ p.99
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Effects of an Obesity Control Program on Body Composition and Serum Lipid levels in Obese Elementary School Students
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Choi Soon-Nam
Kim Hyun-Jung
Yun Mi-Eun
Lee Sang-Up
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Abstract
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To elucidate the effects of an obesity control program on body composition and serum lipid levels, 31 obese elementary students (male: 25, female: 6) residing in the Gyeonggi area were evaluated and their body composition, serum total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and TG (triglyceride) were analyzed. The average age, height, weight and BMI (body mass index) were , , and for the males, respectively, and , , and for the females, respectively. There was a significant decrease in BMI for males (p<0.001) and females (p<0.05). There were also significant changes in all of the biochemical levels evaluated before and after the study. Specifically, the total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and TG level decreased after the obesity control program, while the HDL-cholesterol level increased after the program. These results indicate that obesity control programs do change the BMI, serum total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and TG levels in obese elementary students. Thus, obesity control programs are urgently needed to prevent degenerative disease and decrease obesity among children in elementary school.
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KEYWORD
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Obese students, body mass index, cholesterol, serum lipid level
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