Open Access
Subscription Access
Open Access
Subscription Access
Find out the Gender Difference in the Effectiveness of Nutrition and Complete Lifestyle Modification Package on Overweight Adult People
Subscribe/Renew Journal
Worldwide, approximately 1.5 billion adults are overweight, including approximately 500 million who are obese . By gender, it has been reported that 19% of males and 22% of females are obese. This study was conducted to find out the gender difference in the effectiveness of nutrition and complete lifestyle modification package on overweight adult people. 180 Overweight participants (90 male and 90 female) in the age group of 30-40 year attending a private weight control clinic enrolled in a 12 month programme Aimed find out the gender difference in the the effectiveness of combined nutrition and complete lifestyle modification package (NCLMP) on overweight adult people In NCLMP we combined electronic Devices, diet and physical exercise programs with at least 12 months of follow-up, conducted in overweight and obese adults (body mass index >25). Results revealed that effect of electronic devices, physical exercise and nutritionally balanced weight loss diet on body composition of males were showed body Fat (%) before intervention was 31.10±3.2 and after intervention 29.26±4 and decrease after intervention -1.84. Effect of electronic devices, physical exercise and nutritionally balanced weight loss diet intervention on body composition of females were found body Fat (%) before intervention was 33.83±4.6 and after intervention 32.2±4.5 and decrease after intervention -1.59.
Keywords
Adult, Overweight, Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist Hip Ratio (WHR), Balanced Diet, Nutritional Status.
Subscription
Login to verify subscription
User
Font Size
Information
- Caballero, B. (2007). The global epidemic of obesity: an overview Epidemiol Rev., 29 :1–5.
- Gopalan, C. and Kaur, H. (1993). Towards better nutrition, problems and policies. Nutrition Foundations of India: 131135.
- ICMR (2010). Nutrient requirement and recommended dietary allowances for Indians. A report of expert group of the Indian Council of Medical Research, NIN, Hyderabad.
- Jelliffe, D.B. (1966). The assessment of nutritional status of the community. WHO Monograph series. No.53 WHO Geneva pp.13-18.
- Khanna, K., Gupta, S., Passi, S.J., Seth, R. and Mahna, R. (2003). Text book of Nutrition and Dietetics. Phoenix Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.187.
- NIN: Dietary Guidelines for Indians –A Manual. National Institute of Nutrition, ICMR, Hyderabad. 2010.
- Power, M.L. and Schulkin, J.(2008). Sex differences in fat storage, fat metabolism and the health risks from obesity: possible evolutionary origins. British J. Nutr., 99 : 931–40.
- WHO. What do we mean by "sex" and "gender"? Available from:http://www.who.int/gender/whatisgender/en/.
Abstract Views: 214
PDF Views: 0