Physio-psychosocial and metabolic parameters of obese adolescents: Health-promoting lifestyle education of obesity management

USTUNER TOP, FADIME/0000-0002-7341-5704WOS: 000493608400021PubMed: 31124009The aim of the study was to determine the effect of health-promoting lifestyle education on the physio-psychosocial and metabolic parameters of obese adolescents. This quasi-experimental study was conducted at a city center in Turkey through a pretest and a post-test (n = 73). Following the collection of the first assessment data from the study and control groups, an 8-week education program was applied to students in the study group. The study found that the BMI values and obesity-related risk factors of study group decreased, the means of the self-esteem scale and total ALS and sub-scale scores increased, and the pretest and post-test inter-group difference was significant (p < 0.05). The study found a decrease in cholesterol, LDL, Hb1Ac and Triglyceride levels in the study group and an increase in HDL levels. The study concluded that health-promoting lifestyle education for obese adolescents contributed to improving their physio-psychosocial and metabolic parameters.Giresun UniversityGiresun University [SAG-BAP-A-160317-76]This research was supported by Giresun University Scientific Research Projects coordination (SAG-BAP-A-160317-76)