Research Article

THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION AND EXERCISE EDUCATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTITUDE AND BELIEF OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS OBESITY: CASE OF ELAZIĞ PROVINCE

Volume: 6 Number: 2 May 30, 2021
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THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION AND EXERCISE EDUCATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTITUDE AND BELIEF OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS OBESITY: CASE OF ELAZIĞ PROVINCE

Abstract

In order to determine the effect of nutrition and exercise education on the development of students' attitudes and beliefs towards obesity, this study was conducted with a control group quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design. The research was conducted in the fall semester of the 2019-2020 academic year between October November 2019. The study group consisted of 50 female students, 25 experimental (overweight or obese), and 25 control groups (normal weight), studying at Fırat University Faculty of Health Sciences. In order to collect pretest data, a personal information form and Health Belief Model Scale in Obesity (HBMSO) were applied to the students in the experimental and control groups. Later, the students in the experimental group were taken to a 6-week program with 2 hours of healthy nutrition and exercise education per week. HBMSO, which was applied to the students in the experimental and control groups at the beginning of the study, was repeated at the end of the education, thus the posttest data were collected. When the before and after education HBMSO sub-dimension scores of the experimental and control groups were compared; The difference in the attitude to importance of health, perceived sensitivity, perceived severity, perceived usefulness, and perceived disability dimensions in the experimental group was found to be significant (p<0.001). HBMSO subscale scores of the control group did not show any difference (p>0.05). As a result, after nutrition and exercise education given to obese students, a positive change was achieved in students' beliefs about obesity.

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Thanks

The authors thank all students who participated in the research.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Public Health, Environmental Health

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

May 30, 2021

Submission Date

February 9, 2021

Acceptance Date

May 5, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 6 Number: 2

APA
Çelebi, E., Ulaş Kadıoğlu, B., & Uncu, F. (2021). THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION AND EXERCISE EDUCATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTITUDE AND BELIEF OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS OBESITY: CASE OF ELAZIĞ PROVINCE. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama Ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi, 6(2), 138-147. https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.877044
AMA
1.Çelebi E, Ulaş Kadıoğlu B, Uncu F. THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION AND EXERCISE EDUCATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTITUDE AND BELIEF OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS OBESITY: CASE OF ELAZIĞ PROVINCE. ESTUDAM Public Health Journal. 2021;6(2):138-147. doi:10.35232/estudamhsd.877044
Chicago
Çelebi, Evrim, Bircan Ulaş Kadıoğlu, and Fatoş Uncu. 2021. “THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION AND EXERCISE EDUCATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTITUDE AND BELIEF OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS OBESITY: CASE OF ELAZIĞ PROVINCE”. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama Ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi 6 (2): 138-47. https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.877044.
EndNote
Çelebi E, Ulaş Kadıoğlu B, Uncu F (May 1, 2021) THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION AND EXERCISE EDUCATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTITUDE AND BELIEF OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS OBESITY: CASE OF ELAZIĞ PROVINCE. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi 6 2 138–147.
IEEE
[1]E. Çelebi, B. Ulaş Kadıoğlu, and F. Uncu, “THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION AND EXERCISE EDUCATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTITUDE AND BELIEF OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS OBESITY: CASE OF ELAZIĞ PROVINCE”, ESTUDAM Public Health Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 138–147, May 2021, doi: 10.35232/estudamhsd.877044.
ISNAD
Çelebi, Evrim - Ulaş Kadıoğlu, Bircan - Uncu, Fatoş. “THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION AND EXERCISE EDUCATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTITUDE AND BELIEF OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS OBESITY: CASE OF ELAZIĞ PROVINCE”. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi 6/2 (May 1, 2021): 138-147. https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.877044.
JAMA
1.Çelebi E, Ulaş Kadıoğlu B, Uncu F. THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION AND EXERCISE EDUCATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTITUDE AND BELIEF OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS OBESITY: CASE OF ELAZIĞ PROVINCE. ESTUDAM Public Health Journal. 2021;6:138–147.
MLA
Çelebi, Evrim, et al. “THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION AND EXERCISE EDUCATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTITUDE AND BELIEF OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS OBESITY: CASE OF ELAZIĞ PROVINCE”. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama Ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 2, May 2021, pp. 138-47, doi:10.35232/estudamhsd.877044.
Vancouver
1.Evrim Çelebi, Bircan Ulaş Kadıoğlu, Fatoş Uncu. THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION AND EXERCISE EDUCATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTITUDE AND BELIEF OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS OBESITY: CASE OF ELAZIĞ PROVINCE. ESTUDAM Public Health Journal. 2021 May 1;6(2):138-47. doi:10.35232/estudamhsd.877044

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