영양교육과 운동프로그램이 과체중이상의 성인여성의 영양상태와 건강수준에 미치는 영향

Abstract

This study was to designed to investigate the effects of nutrition education and exercise program for overweight or obese female adults, and also emphasize the necessity of a proper nutrition education. The anthropometric characteristics, nutritional intake, eating habit, and hematological index, physical examination were measured before and after program. Considering the time schedule of the subjects, the exercise program was divided into 3 sessions (morning, afternoon, and evening) and the subjects performed swimming and weight training for 4 weeks. The subjects were overweight or obese women, with an average age and height of each 46.1 and 156.3 ㎝. The weight and BMI were decreased significantly after nutrition education and exercise program. The back region of front arm (p＜0.001), infrascapular region (p＜0.001), body fat (p＜0.001) were significantly decreased, and grasping power (p＜0.01), back muscle power (p＜0.001) were significantly increased after nutritional and exercise program. Total triglyceride level and fasting blood glucose (p＜0.001) were decreased significantly after program. The intakes of vitamin D and vitamin B₁ were significantly changed after nutrition and exercise program. As for eating behavior and nutritional knowledge evaluation after program, the average score increased significantly (p＜0.001). The results of this study show that this nutrition and exercise program can be an effective approach to improve their hematological index and nutritional and health status.