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Volume 3, Issue 3 (Suppl)
J Obes Eat Disord
ISSN: 2471-8203
Obesity Medicine 2017
October 30-31, 2017
October 30-31, 2017 Bangkok, Thailand
15
th
International Conference on
Obesity Medicine
Indicators for success of obesity reduction programs in adolescents body composition and body mass
index: Evaluating a school-based health promotion project in Iran after 12 weeks of intervention
Saeid Doaei
1
and Maryam Gholamalizadeh
2
1
National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Iran
2
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Background:
Obesity in adolescence is a primary risk factor for obesity in adulthood. The objective of this study was the
assessment of the effect of a comprehensive lifestyle intervention on different anthropometric indices in 12 to 16 years old boy
adolescents.
Methods:
96 adolescent boys of two schools of district-5 of Tehran have participated in this study. The schools were randomly
assigned as intervention school (n=53) and control school (n=43). The height and weight of students were measured with a
calibrated tape line and digital scale respectively and their BMI were calculated. The amounts of body fat percent (BF) and body
muscle (BM) percent were determined by Bio Impedance Analyzer (BIA) considering the age, gender and height of students at
baseline and after intervention. The intervention was implemented in the intervention school, according to the Ottawa Charter
principles.
Results:
12 weeks of intervention decreased body fat percent in the intervention group in comparison with the control group
(decreased by 1.81 % in the intervention group and increased by 0.39 % in the control group, P<0.01). But weight, BMI and
BM did not change significantly.
Conclusion:
The result of this study showed that the implementation of comprehensive intervention in obese adolescents
may improve the body composition, although these changes may not be reflected in BMI. It’s possible that BMI is not a good
indicator in assessment of the success of obesity management intervention.
sdoaei@sbmu.ac.irJ Obes Eat Disord 2017, 3:3
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8203-C1-006