标题：Impact of School Based Self Care Model in Assessment of Obesity and Its Risk Factor Knowledge among Urban School Children: Non Randomized Controlled Trial
摘要："Background: A phenomenal rise [10% to 30%] has been observed in the prevalence of obesity among adolescents. Imparting health knowledge and skills in school children can bring a huge change in healthy practices and provides an ability to take care of their health. The objectives of the study was to evaluate the impact of school based self care model in assessment of obesity and its risk factors knowledge among school children. Methodology: A Non Randomized Controlled Community trial was conducted among 480 urban school children of Belagavi. The students from intervention group [240] re-ceived school based self care model intervention over 4 weeks period. Results: In study group 80% chil-dren became aware about obesity; 60.8 % to 92.5 % gained knowledge about specific dietary factors asso-ciated with obesity and knowledge improved regarding physical activi-ties, Using motorcycle [68.3% to 85.4%], Watching TV [62.9% to 80.4%] and Using mobiles [66.7% to 87.1%]. The proportion of students having adequate skill score in-creased from 27.1% to 85.9% for weight (p<0.001), 21.5% to 89.6 % for height (p <0.001) and 10% to 76.7% (p<0.001) for waist circum-ference after intervention. Conclusion: The school based self care model was effective as the knowledge increased by 30% and gross [50%] improvement was ob-served in obesity assessment skill at the end of intervention.".
关键词：Childhood obesity; School Based Approach; Self Care Model; Risk Factors; unhealthy diet; physical in;activity
