Active Intervention Program Using Dietary Education and Exercise Training for Reducing Obesity in Mexican American Male Children

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Sukho; Misra, Ranjita; Kaster, Elizabeth
Titel	Active Intervention Program Using Dietary Education and Exercise Training for Reducing Obesity in Mexican American Male Children
Quelle	In: Health Educator, 44 (2012) 1, S.2-13 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-5943
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Body Composition; Intervention; Physical Activities; Mexican Americans; Goal Orientation; Program Effectiveness; Hispanic Americans; Mexicans; Children; Exercise; Parents; Health Education; At Risk Persons; Equipment; Males; Training; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Hispanoamerikaner; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Hispanic; Mexikaner; Child; Kind; Kinder; Übung; Eltern; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Risikogruppe; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Ausbildung
Abstract	This study evaluated the effectiveness of a 10-week active intervention program (AIP), which incorporates dietary education with exercise training, among 30 healthy Mexican American male children, aged 8-12 years, in Laredo, Texas. Participants were randomly divided into 3 groups: education (EDU), dietary education to participants and parents and individualized step goal setting using pedometers; education with exercise (EEX), dietary education, step goal setting with pedometers, and personal training; and control (CON), no education, step goal setting, or exercise. AIP significantly improved select anthropometric, nutritional, clinical, and non clinical parameters. Participants in the EEX group had a significant reduction in percent body fat, visceral fat (as measured by magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]), improved perception of the importance of physical activity, and greater average step/day as compared to the EDU and CON groups. The results affirm the effectiveness of exercise training combined with dietary education to lower the prevalence of obesity in this high risk ethnic group. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10