Obesity Intervention Program for University Students

The Effects of Protectıve Nursing Interventions on Reduction of Obesity Risk In University Students: Randomized Controlled Study

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of preventive nursing interventions, which consist of education / practices including of healthy eating and physical activity and motivational messages which sent through social media to reduce obesity risk in university students who in the risk group for obesity.

This study has been conducted with University students in Turkey. The selected 70 students were associated with obesity risk factors about obesity (owerveight or normal weight and they were in the risk group in terms of obesity according to the risk rating scales, and between 19-24 years old) and randomly assigned to the experimental (35 students) and control group (35 students). Applications for the experimental group for 11 weeks about nutritional habits, practices for physical activity, and motivational messages sent via social media.

Primary Outcome Measure: Nutrition-Exercise Attitude Score, Nutrition-Exercise Behavior Score, Exercise Benefit / Obstacle Score. We used some scales for evaluate the primary outcomes (The Scale of Nutrition-Exercise Attitude-Behavior, The Scale of Exercise Benefit / Obstacle).

Bady Mass Index, Waist / Hip Ratio and Body fat percentage are secondary outcomes.

The data was calculated with SPSS package program.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Preobezes between 25.0-29.9 BMI
• The BMI is 18.5-24.9 and who get above the average score (24-36 points high risk) from the "Risky Behavior Scale University Form: the subscale of nutritional habits
• The BMI is 18.5-24.9 and who get below the mean score (8-20 points high risk) from the Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale's subscale of Exercise

Exclusion Criteria:

• BMI below 18.5 and above 29.9
• Constantly regular drug users
• Those who have any health problems (who have had a heart attack, angioplasty or any surgical operation within 3 months, those with heart failure, those with metabolic disease, those with eating disorder, those with cancer, those with any psychological disease, Physically disabled)
• Those who are pregnant
• Those who have participated in any weight management program at least 2 months in advance and are still involved in the nutrition or physical activity program