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KMID : 0948220010050010045
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Keimyung Journal of Nursing Science
2001 Volume.5 No. 1 p.45 ~ p.57
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Self-perceptin and Experience on Weight Control of Collegiate Girls
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Kwon Young-Sook
Kim Tae-Hee
Yang Jin-Hyang
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Abstract
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Collegiate female students are interested in weight control and body shape but effective and adequate education for weight control is not done in Korea. Most of them received the information of that from mass media or peer group.
The purpose of the stud was to investigate the self-perception and experience on weight control of collegiate girls in Taegu city. Data collection was done for 12 days during May and June in 2000 Five hundreds collegiate girls completed a anonymous self-reported questionnaire. The data were analyzed by SPSS Win 9.0 PC program.
The results were as follow.
Self perception of body shape was fit(42.3%) and slightly fat(40.1%). The satisfaction of body shape was unsatisfied(65.2%) and satisfied(8.8%) 43.5% of under weight girls (BMI ≶18) thought they were fit, 52.8% of standard weight girls (BMI 18≶25) thought they were slightly or too fat. 70.4% of standard weight girls didn´t satisfied their body shape 79.2% of the collegiate girls had experience of body weight control and 96.2% of them ws tried to lose body weight.
The most highly frequency of body weight control of the subjects was on the three times(54.1%), the duration of body weight control was one to two weeks(37.4). 56.0% of them were trying to weight control for attractive. The Motive to interesting of weight control was via friends(72.2%) and mass media(60.0%). 83.0% of them had not supported from others for weight control. The high prioritized methods of weight reduction were ´walking´ (48.3%) and ´stretching´(48.3%) in exercise, and were ´fasting the supper´(73.2%) and ´no snack´(64.6%) in nutrition. Using laxatives(4.7) were high priority among the drugs. Most effective method among the methods for weight reduction was ´fasting the supper´.
Much of the collegiate girls had distorted perception of their body weight, and some of them used unhealthy methods for weight reduction, Effective and practical weight control education is needed for health in collegiate girls.
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KEYWORD
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Weight control
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