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KMID : 0869520120180020120
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Journal of East-West Nirsing Research
2012 Volume.18 No. 2 p.120 ~ p.128
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Eating Patterns and Physical Activities according to Obesity of Female Middle School Students
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Han Ae-Kyung
Yoon Heun-Keung
Cho Yoon-Hee
Park Jeong-Mo
Kim Mi-Won
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyse eating patterns and physical activities according to obesity of female middle school students in Korea.
Methods: The 2010 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey (KYRBS) data was used for analysis. The subjects of this study were 11,996 female middle school students (10,118 normal weight and 1,778 overweight). The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, independent t-test, and -test.
Results: The findings of this study Indicated that 52.1% of the normal weight group did efforts to lose weight, whereas 60.1% of the overweight groups did. The most common way of reducing body weight was ’reducing food intake’, followed by ’regular exercise’, ’taking diet supplements’ and ’fasting’. Among the entire groups of respondents, 54.6% did not receive dietary education at school over the past year. In addition, 18.8% in normal weight group and 17.0% in overweight group had never receive physical education at school over the past year.
Conclusion: The health provider should enhance the school based dietary education and physical education programs for the promotion of adolescents’ health status and healthy behaviors.
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KEYWORD
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Adolescent, Dietary habit, Physical activity, Obesity, Weight loss
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