title: [The effects of a multi agent obesity control program in obese school children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of a multi agent obesity control program in obese school children. This program was composed of strategies to modify diet and exercise habits and to change cognitive behavior variables(stress, coping, and self-efficacy).
  
  
  METHODS
  The subjects were 40 obese school children who participated in our project voluntarily via homepage, TV, newspaper, public paper and school official documents. The program was implemented daily for 4 sessions per day for ten days from August 16 to 26, 2004. The daily program consisted of exercise therapy, dance therapy, cognitive behavior therapy and aroma therapy. The data was analyzed by paired t-test using the SPSSWIN program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a significant decrease in children's waist-hip ratio (p=.04) and in children's stress (p=.00) after the program. There was a significant increase in children's self-confidence after the program(p=.02) and a significant decrease in children's diet habit after the program(p=.02).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides evidence that a multiagent obese control program is effective in changing waist-hip ratio, stress, self-confidence, and diet habits in obese school children.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Eulji University, Daejeon city, Korea.
authors.forename: Hye Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Sook Bin
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Kyung Ja
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Myung Haeng
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hur
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012574:Schools; D020377:Self Efficacy; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio; D015431:Weight Loss