Korean J Child Health Nurs.  2004 Jan;10(1):14-21.

The Effects of Obese Program on the BMI, Body Composition, Physical Fitness, Knowledge, Eating Behaviors in Obese Elementary School

• Kim YH
• Park NH
• Lee SM

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of the obese program on BMI, body composition, physical fitness, knowledge, eating behaviors among the elementary school obese children. METHOD: They ranged from the third to sixth grades with over 30% body fat ratio. The subjects consisted of 31 obese children who participated in the obese program and 34 obese who did not participate in the program. The contents of the programs for nine weeks from contained obese education, counseling and exercises once a week. The program lasted from Oct. 8 to Dec. 22, 2001. The Data were analyzed using SPSS program. RESULT: Flexibility was significantly higher for the program participants than the nonparticipants at the post-test. Agility was significantly higher for the program participants than the nonparticipants at the post-test. Knowledge were significantly higher for the program participants than the nonparticipants at the post-test.
CONCLUSION
This study provides evidence that obese program is effective in changing the flexibility, agility, knowledge in obese elementary children over 9 weeks.

MeSH Terms

Adipose Tissue
Body Composition*
Child
Counseling
Eating*
Education
Exercise
Feeding Behavior*
Humans
Physical Fitness*
Pliability
Child Health