[The effects of a multi agent obesity control program in obese school children].
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.
Ahn
Hye Young
HY
School of Nursing, Eulji University, Daejeon city, Korea.
Im
Sook Bin
SB
Hong
Kyung Ja
KJ
Hur
Myung Haeng
MH
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