Physical Education
Maryam Khalesi; Esmail Nasiri; Ali Samadi
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Introduction: Misperception of body weight and lack of awareness about overweight and obesity are associated with poor weight management behaviors.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 350 female students from Shahed University, Tehran, Iran, using a convenience sampling method. ...
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Introduction: Misperception of body weight and lack of awareness about overweight and obesity are associated with poor weight management behaviors.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 350 female students from Shahed University, Tehran, Iran, using a convenience sampling method. Data were collected through anthropometric measurements and self-reported answers regarding weight perception and level of body weight preoccupation. Data analysis was conducted using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.Results: The findings revealed that 51.43% of the subjects misperceived their body weight. Among them, the majority (92.22%) underestimated their weight. Additionally, 17.14% of the overweight and obese subjects perceived their weight to be within the normal range, while 29.6% of obese subjects perceived themselves to be only slightly overweight. Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between body weight perception and anthropometric indices (p<0.01). The body mass index (r=0.739), C-index (r=0.648), body adiposity index (r=0.620), abdominal volume index (r=0.552), and waist-to-height ratio (r=0.537), and waist circumference (r=0.533) had the highest correlation with body weight perception, respectively.Conclusion: The high rate of unawareness of actual body weight among female university students is alarming. It is, therefore, necessary to develop programs that increase awareness about normal body weight and the importance of anthropometric indices in weight management.
Psychology
sayfullah aghajani; Mohsen Khosravi; Ali Kermani; Matineh Ebadi; sajjad Ghobadzadeh
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Introduction:Overweight and obesity have become aserious concern for public health; Therefore, the aim of the present study was to develop a model of food craving based on family communication patterns mediated by Behavioral Emotion Regulation in overweight ...
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Introduction:Overweight and obesity have become aserious concern for public health; Therefore, the aim of the present study was to develop a model of food craving based on family communication patterns mediated by Behavioral Emotion Regulation in overweight students in Mashhad.Materials and Methods: This research was a causal-comparative study. The statistical population of this study was all women with migraine headache and all healthy women in Kermanshah province. 30 migraine headache patients referred to psychiatric and neurological clinics in Kermanshah province were selected by convenience sampling method. 30 healthy subjects were selected based on their (age, level of education and status Socioeconomics) were chosen and questionnaires anxiety associated with pain, pain self-efficacy and coping strategies responded. The collected data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation, and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA).Results: The results showed that the conformity orientation (β = 0.25) and behavioral emotion regulation (β = 0.29) have a direct and positive effect on food craving; Also, according to the amount of VAF statistics, it can be seen that 26/2% of the effect of dialogue orientation and 34/8% of the effect of conformity orientation on food craving can be explained through behavioral emotion regulation.Conclusion: Therefore, family and emotional issues can have a significant contribution to reducing the food cravings of overweight students.
Epidemiology and Statistics
Kolsomeh Chamani; Mohammad Reza Hamedinia; Mohammad Reza Moein Frad; tayebe Amiri Parsa
Volume 28, Issue 1 , January and February 2021, , Pages 13-21
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Introduction: The purpose of this study was the investigation of obesity prevalence and some related factors in Bojnord female. Materials and Methods: The samples consisting of 380 females of 3050 years of age, were selected based on random cluster sampling method. A researcher made questionnaire ...
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Introduction: The purpose of this study was the investigation of obesity prevalence and some related factors in Bojnord female. Materials and Methods: The samples consisting of 380 females of 3050 years of age, were selected based on random cluster sampling method. A researcher made questionnaire was prepared for gathering data about breeding and obesity. The Beck questionnaire was used to measure the physical activity level. Results: The results showed that the prevalence of obesity and overweight in the female aged 30-50 years of the city of Bojnord were 21.8 and 43.4 percent, respectively. Conclusion: The results also showed that age of the first Parturition (P=0/06), lactation duration (P=0/26), the age of the first menstrual period (P=0/24), TV watching duration in 24 hours (P=0/61), physical activity index during job (P=0/36) and exercising (P=0/21) among three groups were not significantly differnece. Age (P=0/00), children number (P=0/01), pregnancy number (P=0/00), duration of consumption of Oral contraceptive pill (P=0/03), sitting and physical inactivity in female normal weight in comparison with obese female (P=0/01)were significantly lower, and physical activity index in leasure time (P=0/00) and marriage age (P=0/03) were higer. Considering the high prevalence of obesity and overweight in Bojnord, it is recommended that women do more physical activity and further information be made for women about obesity-related risk factors, recognize symptoms and illnesses caused by obesity and ultimately prevent and reduce chronic diseases and their costs resulting from treatment programs should be done
Haniyeh Ghorbannejad; Mohammad Alizadeh; Alireza Didarloo; Farnush Bakhshimoghaddam
Volume 27, Issue 2 , July and August 2020, , Pages 121-129
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Background: Incidences of overweight obesity are increasing in the world and it is an alarm for health community. The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between dietary habits with body mass index in Urmia. Materials and Methods: In this study, 453 female students were selected ...
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Background: Incidences of overweight obesity are increasing in the world and it is an alarm for health community. The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between dietary habits with body mass index in Urmia. Materials and Methods: In this study, 453 female students were selected by multi-stage sampling. Anthropometric indices including height, weight and waist circumference were measured using standard methods and calibrated instruments. The dietary habits were determined using a researcher-made questionnaire. Results: In this study, the frequency of side activity during meals was significantly higher in overweight and obese individuals than in subjects with normal weight (P = 0.034), and physical activity significantly higher in subjects with normal weight than overweight and obese (P = 0.001). Consumption of breakfast every day before going to school (P = 0.04), eating three meals regularly (P = 0.003), and healthy snack at school (P = 0.05) were directly related to underweight. In the multiple logistic regression model only eating three regular meals (OR = 1.837, 85% CI (1.35-2.51), P = 0.005) had a direct association with underweight. Conclusion: The results of this study show that side activity during meals increased risk of overweight and obesity. Eating all three meals regularly and eating breakfast every day before going to school were associated with an increased risk of underweight.
Khatereh Kamali; Asieh Abbasi Daloii; Ahmad Abdi; Seyyed Javad Ziaolhagh; Alireza Barari
Volume 22, Issue 5 , November and December 2015, , Pages 823-831
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Background Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible effect of 8-week aerobic exercise on undercarboxylated osteocalcin and hs-CRP and insulin resistance in overweight women. Materials & Methods: 20 overweight women (weight 73.19 ± 2.28 kg, age 39.38 ± ...
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Background Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible effect of 8-week aerobic exercise on undercarboxylated osteocalcin and hs-CRP and insulin resistance in overweight women. Materials & Methods: 20 overweight women (weight 73.19 ± 2.28 kg, age 39.38 ± 3.66 years old, height 1.61 ± 0.04 cm, and body mass index(BMI) 28.19 ± 4.36 kg/m2) were randomly selected and divided into control and experimental groups. Blood samples from participants were taken 48 hours before pre-test and also after 8 weeks of training. Aerobic exercise was done within 8 weeks – 3 sessions per week with the intensity of 65-70% of reserve heart rate. Data analysis for intragroup and intergroup differences was done using dependent and independent t-test, respectively. A significant difference was observed at pResults: The study yielded that the level of undercarboxylated osteocalcin in experimental group significantly increased (p=0.01) in comparison to that of control group. It was also revealed that, in comparison with control group, the level of hs-CRP (p=0.083) and insulin resistance (p=0.158) in experimental group insignificantly decreased after 8-week training. Conclusions: The eight weeks of regular exercise showed significant increase in undercarboxylated osteocalcin that, with possible impact on beta cells, can be cause improvement in effective factors of resistance insulin such as increased insulin secretion and decreased glucose levels.