EFFECTS OF NUTRITIONAL PROGRAM ON ADOLESCENT’S EATINGBEHAVIOR AMONGFEMALE PREPARATORYSCHOOLS IN SULAIMANI CITY-KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/Keywords:
adolescent, overweight and obesity, emotional and behavior, nutritional program.Abstract
Obesity and its consequences have become a pandemic all around the world Obesity related to eating behavior
disorder is mostly found among the youth it is estimated that 30.5% and 60.3% of both adolescents and adults are
suffering from obesity respectively. Due to its significant health related problems (physical and psychological) it
may put the public health on a greater challenge (Nagata et al., 2018). The aim of this study is to find the effects of
nutritional program on adolescent are eating behavior amongfemale preparatory schools in Sulaimani city. Among 5
female schools, 360 students were assessed their Body Mass Index146 of them were either obese or over weight,
and then 90 students participated in the current study. The sample split into 45 adolescent female student for case
group and 45 for control. Both groups underwent pre- posttest and educational program applied for 12 weeks
duration the result shows that the mean of BMI decreased from 27.41 Kg/m2
to 24.54 Kg/m2 after the program (p
<0.001, while the mean of dietary behavior score increased significantly from 33.96 to 39.56 (p < 0.001). while
among control group no difference found in both nutritional parameters and dietary scour.
