Effect of a Balanced Nutrition Educational Program on Body Weight Loss

均衡飲食營養教育介入減重班之成效

賴冠菁(Guan-Jing Lai) ； 吳蕙如(Hui-Ru Wu) ； 李惠蓉(Hui-Rong Li) ； 吳明國(Ming-Guo Wu) ； 李發焜(Fa-Kun Li)

《臺灣營養學會雜誌》 33卷1期 (2008/03) Pp. 22-29

https://doi.org/10.6691/NSJ.200803_33(1).0004

摘要

A change in a person's dietary patterns can produce imbalanced nutrient intake. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of an 8-week body weight loss program on 82 overweight and obese adults. Biochemical parameters (triglyceride and cholesterol), anthropometric data (body weight, body-mass index (BMI), total body fat ratio, waist circumference, and hip circumference), nutritional knowledge, and dietary behavior were measured. The mean body weight decreased by more than 4 kg, and the mean waist circumference and hip circumference decreased by more than 5.5 cm, showing the most significant decreases (p＜0.01) in the biochemical and anthropometric assessments. The effects of a dietary intervention within a body weight loss program on nutritional knowledge and diet behavior suggested significant changes (p＜0.01) on a per- and post-weight basis. The follow-up continued until the program finished. The number of cases followed up was 33 (of 82 or 40.2%) after 6 months, 12 (of 82 or 14.6%) after 1 year. We found that some participants (20 of 33; 60.6%) had continued to reduce their weight after 6 months, as had 6 (of 12; 50%) after 1 year. Therefore, the outcome of a body weight loss program with a balanced dietary intervention indicates that it can be helpful. It is important to follow these cases and help prevent these participants from gaining back the weight.

關鍵字

均衡飲食 ； 減重班 ； 營養知識 ； 飲食行為

並列摘要

A change in a person's dietary patterns can produce imbalanced nutrient intake. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of an 8-week body weight loss program on 82 overweight and obese adults. Biochemical parameters (triglyceride and cholesterol), anthropometric data (body weight, body-mass index (BMI), total body fat ratio, waist circumference, and hip circumference), nutritional knowledge, and dietary behavior were measured. The mean body weight decreased by more than 4 kg, and the mean waist circumference and hip circumference decreased by more than 5.5 cm, showing the most significant decreases (p＜0.01) in the biochemical and anthropometric assessments. The effects of a dietary intervention within a body weight loss program on nutritional knowledge and diet behavior suggested significant changes (p＜0.01) on a per- and post-weight basis. The follow-up continued until the program finished. The number of cases followed up was 33 (of 82 or 40.2%) after 6 months, 12 (of 82 or 14.6%) after 1 year. We found that some participants (20 of 33; 60.6%) had continued to reduce their weight after 6 months, as had 6 (of 12; 50%) after 1 year. Therefore, the outcome of a body weight loss program with a balanced dietary intervention indicates that it can be helpful. It is important to follow these cases and help prevent these participants from gaining back the weight.

並列關鍵字

balanced diet ； weight loss ； nutritional knowledge ； dietary behavior