Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing 2001;8(2): 234
운동.행동수정요법을 병행한 프로그램이 중년기 비만 여성의 비만도 혈중지질 및 자아존중감에 미치는 영향
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동국대학교 의과대학 간호학과
The Effect of Exercise Combined with Behavior Modification Therapy on the Degree of Obesity, Blood Lipid Level and Self-Esteem in Obese Middle-Aged Women
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Dongguk University
Abstract
Purpose : To investigate the effects of exercise combined with behavior modification therapy on the degree of obesity. blood lipid level and self-esteem in obese middle aged women. Method : 18 obese middle-aged women volunteers with a BMI over 30% were assigned to exercise combined with behavior modification therapy (n=9) or to a control group(n=9). For the intervention the experiment group used walking outdoors as excercise and behavior modification therapy for 12 weeks. Result Body weight, BMI, TC, TG, LDL-C, and % TC/HDL-C were significantly decreased in experimental group. Changes in HDL-C and self-esteem were significantly increased in the experimental group. Conclusion : This study provides evidence that regular exercise combined with behavior modification is effective in changing the degree of obesity, blood lipid level and self esteem in obese middle-aged women over 12 weeks.
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