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Misconception of Preparatory School Girls Regarding Overweight and Obesity at Elwady- Elgeded Government

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Community Health Nursing.

Abstract

Background: The misconception regarding overweight and obesity increase in the preparatory school girls are because spread of food advertisement on different social media. Aim: of this study to assess misconception of preparatory school girls regarding overweight and obesity at El-Wady El-Geded government. Design: A descriptive research design. Sample: A Purposive sample for overweight and obesity girls equal 400 girls. Setting: conducted at El-wady El-geded, Five cities in the governorate and 119 total preparatory schools. Tools: 1st tool: An interview questionnaire divided to 5 parts, 1st part: Demographic characteristics, 2nd part: Medical history and family history of the girl, 3rd. part: knowledge of preparatory school girls' misconception, 4th part: Attitude rating scale of the girls toward overweight and obesity, 5th part: Reported practice of the girls toward overweight and obesity 2nd tool: Physical assessment of the girls toward overweight and obesity. Results: demonstrates that, 54.5% of studied subjects had average total knowledge while 25.3% of them had poor total knowledge and 20.2% of them had good total knowledge regarding obesity. 65% of the studied subjects had negative total attitude and 35% of them had positive total attitude. 61% of the studied subjects had not done total reported practices and 39% of them had done total reported practices. Conclusion: high statistically significant positive correlation between total score knowledge, reported practice & total attitude regarding misconception of preparatory girls for overweight and obesity. Recommendations: Health education program for preparatory girls should be directed to improve their signs and symptoms regarding overweight and obesity.

DOI

10.21608/hijnrp.2024.270133.1135

Keywords

Misconception, overweight, Obesity

Authors

First Name

mohamed

Last Name

elaal

MiddleName

abd

Affiliation

community health, nursing, helwan university,kharga,elwadyelgded

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mohamed.korim80@gmail.com

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Volume

3

Article Issue

6

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48677

Issue Date

2024-06-01

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2024-02-14

Publish Date

2024-06-01

Page Start

352

Page End

369

Print ISSN

2735-5799

Online ISSN

2786-0183

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7

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Scientific Research Periodical

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1,926

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Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice

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https://hijnrp.journals.ekb.eg/

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Misconception of Preparatory School Girls Regarding Overweight and Obesity at Elwady- Elgeded Government

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28 Dec 2024