Abstract
In this study, it was aimed to examine obesity awareness levels of physical education teacher and coaching education students.251 (103 women, age:20,36 ± 2,31 years, BMI:20,02±2,23 kg) who studied in the Department of Coaching and Physical Education of Bartin University Faculty of Sport Sciences in 2019-2020 academic year were included in this study. 147 male, age:20.15±2.32 years, BMI:21.42±2.67 kg/m2) students participated voluntarily. Obesity Awareness Scale was developed by Allen (2011) and adapted to Turkish by Kafkas and Özen (2014) and personal information form including age, gender and department variable were applied to the participants. The data obtained in the study were analyzed with SPSS 20.0 statistical package program and the level of significance was taken as (p <0.05). The overall internal consistency of the scale was found to be 0.87. In the study, t-test was used for pairwise comparisons of parametric tests. In our study, no significant difference was found between gender variable and obesity awareness (p>.05). There was no significant difference between obesity awareness and department variable (p>.05). When the obesity awareness scores were examined, the average score of the students of the coaching department was average 62.23 meanwhile the teaching department students average score 62,91. It was found that both physical education teachers and coaching department students had high obesity awareness, but there was no significant difference between the groups in terms of department and gender variables and obesity awareness.
Highlights
It is seen that the faculties that provide physical education and coaching education are guiding in issues related to public health besides education and training activities
In a study conducted in Korea on the frequency, awareness and management of obesity between 1998 and 2011, it was found that the prevalence of obesity increased year by year, and individuals with various disorders such as diabetes and obese individuals had less awareness than subjects with weak or normal weight (Kim et al, 2014)
In a study conducted in 447 primary schools in Malaysia, it was found that 90% of school administrators have knowledge about obesity prevention policies, but 50-70% of schools implement this policy
Summary
It is seen that the faculties that provide physical education and coaching education are guiding in issues related to public health besides education and training activities. Abnormal conditions seen in the regulation of energy stores, conditions that cause appetite or people to eat, abnormal genetic and psychological factors, and genetic disorders such as abnormal fat-carbohydrate storage can be listed. In today's world where human health and quality of life are important, people have become aware of the importance of healthy eating and physical activity. From this perspective, physical activity, nutrition and weight control should be the way of living people. The perception of obesity disease and risk factors by people at different levels of society (policy, health and social work, public health and prevention, teachers, schools, etc.) will contribute to the prevention and management strategy of obesity (Visscher et al, 2015). Many studies have been observed in the literature on obesity prevalence, risk factors and related diseases, exercise and obesity relationship, studies on obesity awareness are limited
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