title: [Control effect of health education on body mass index of community population].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the effect of community-based health education and health promotion on body mass index (BMI), overweight and obesity.
  
  
  METHODS
  We separately selected 100,000 population in Beijing, Shanghai and Changsha Cities during 1991-2000. Each of the cities was then randomly separated intervention and control community of 500,000 population. In the intervention community various kinds of health education and health promotion had been carried out. The level of knowledge, attitude and behavior (KAB) and body mass index (BMI) were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The net increases of KAB level and regularly exercising rate in three city and different target population were statistically differences in comparison with baseline survey of 1992, and the net decreases of the BMI, overweight rate and obesity rate of the whole population were statistically differences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Health education and health promotion can effectively control the rising of population BMI, and have great meaningful for population preventing from cardio-cerebro-vascular diseases.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Wenzhi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shengping
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012494:Sampling Studies