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EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN REGARDING THEIR LIFESTYLE, BODY IMAGE AND SELF-ESTEEM

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Pediatric Nursing

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Background: Overweight and obesity are considered the most severe nutritional health problems which affect children worldwide and are consistently associated with body image dissatisfaction. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of educational programs for overweight and Obese Primary School Children regarding their lifestyle, Body Image and Self-esteem. Subjects and method: Design: A Quasi-experimental design was utilized in the current study. Subjects: The study has been carried out on 300 overweight and obese primary school children in grades five and six Setting: Sohag City. Tools: four tools were used to collect data; the first was a child's demographic data sheet, the second structured questionnaire of physical activity, dietary behaviors and anthropometric measurement, the third Body Image Questionnaire, and the fourth was self-esteem. Results: More than half of primary school children were found to be obese, demonstrates statistically significant between body image self-esteem and BMI (overweight/obese) (P<0.001, P<0.005), respectively, among the studied sample before and after applying for the educational program.Conclusion: The study concluded that after implementing a well-designed applied intervention program for overweigt and obese children , improved their  lifestyle (nutrition and physical activity), reflecting on their lifestyle practices leading to improved BMI. This improvement was retained throughout the six-month follow-up with better body image & self-esteem. Recommendation:  Implementing the program on a broader scale to confirm its merits &further improvement.

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2022.111435.1166

Keywords

Body Image, Educational Program, Lifestyle, Overweight and Obese Primary School Children, Self-esteem

Authors

First Name

azza

Last Name

fathy

MiddleName

mohamed

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Lecturer in pediatric nursing department

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mohamedazza05@gmail.com

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port said

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First Name

Azza Ismail

Last Name

Ismail EL- Sayed

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Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing Suze-canal University

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First Name

Manal Mohamed

Last Name

Ahmed Ayed

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Affiliation

Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University

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First Name

Mervat Abd_Elkader

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Ahmed Mohamed

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Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University

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First Name

Nahed Abd Elazem

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Abdeslam fathla

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Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

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Volume

9

Article Issue

2

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36090

Issue Date

2022-08-01

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2021-12-21

Publish Date

2022-08-31

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288

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315

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2356-8658

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2682-3241

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Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN REGARDING THEIR LIFESTYLE, BODY IMAGE AND SELF-ESTEEM

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22 Jan 2023