A 12 week activity point system achieves weight loss in sedentary overweight and obese women: a pilot study

Findlay, S.; Davidson, Heather; Smith, Sara; Jones, Jacklyn

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“…An intervention program focusing on activity can increase weight loss and decrease BMI. Findlay, Davison, Smith, and Jones reported that a 12-week intervention program focusing on increasing activity produced a significant decrease in weight and BMI [14]. The program sample included adult women with a BMI greater than 25 kg/m 2 .…”

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The Effects of a Health Promotion Program on Rural, West Virginia Adults

2017

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Purposes/Aims:To evaluate the effectiveness of a health promotion project designed to increase physical activity and nutritional eating and decrease BMI in adults living in a rural West Virginia community.Rationale/Background: Evidence has shown that programs that partner with community institutions such as a faith-based organization are more successful in gaining acceptance, contacting target populations, and sustaining the program. This project will focus on the ongoing epidemic of weight, obesity, and inactivity that is plaguing the United States, more specifically West Virginia, and what influence a health promotion program could render. This project will answer the question: What are the effects of a 12-week health promotion program on the BMI, weight, physical activity, and nutritional choices of adults with a BMI of 25 or greater who live in a rural West Virginia community?Undertaking/best practice/approach/methods/process: The DNP project coordinator will plan, implement, and evaluate a health promotion program in a rural West Virginia community. The intervention will be structured as a 12-week health promotion. The program will begin with a pre-assessment of participants' knowledge and understanding of health and a healthy lifestyle, including physical activity level and good nutrition. In addition, the following information will be collected from each participant: age, sex, height, weight, and BMI calculation. The goals of this project are: • To facilitate learning through wellness modules focusing on physical activity and nutrition • To increase knowledge of healthy physical activity and nutrition • To improve weight and BMIOutcomes achieved/documented: The statistical software program, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) will be used to organize and analyze the data. The data will then be analyzed to assess to what degree: learning took place, the program met expectations, participants' weight decreased, participants' activity increased, and participants' nutritional choices improved.Descriptive statistics will be used to paint a picture of the program participants with regard to variables such as age, weight, and BMI. In addition to analyzing individuals' pre-and post-program measures through the use of paired t-tests, the project coordinator will compile the data to analyze pre-and post-program differences. The project coordinator will disaggregate the data by different demographic variables in order to look for patterns and outliers. Conclusions:Finding are that most participants are health seeking and want to learn about weight loss, increase in activity, and/or nutritional eating. Other anticipated findings are that participants are overweight and have an unhealthy BMI. If participants make the changes suggested throughout the program, health may increase through a decrease of BMI, decreases in weight, increased physical activity, and healthier nutritional choices.

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“…Participants were surveyed and height and weight were calculated at baseline, six weeks, and 12 weeks. However, only baseline and 12-week calculations were compared [14].…”

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“…It is well established that the low levels of activity are associated with increased body weight (2) and the current guidelines for activity are not being met with only 33 % of woman meeting the target of 30 minutes of activity most days of the week (1) . The aim of this study was to increase activity levels using a simple, self-guided activity point system (3) and assess changes in body weight. Overweight and obese women (BMI > 25 kg/m 2 ) were recruited from the University.…”

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A 12 week activity point system achieves weight loss in sedentary overweight and obese women: a pilot study

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The recent Scottish Health Survey reported that 65.1 % of adults in Scotland were overweight or obese (1) . It is well established that the low levels of activity are associated with increased body weight (2) and the current guidelines for activity are not being met with only 33 % of woman meeting the target of 30 minutes of activity most days of the week (1) . The aim of this study was to increase activity levels using a simple, self-guided activity point system (3) and assess changes in body weight. Overweight and obese women (BMI > 25 kg/m 2 ) were recruited from the University. to participate in a 12 week intervention programme. Participants were instructed to increase activity using the point system and this was recorded using a daily self-reported activity diary. Participants were reviewed at baseline, 6 weeks and 12 weeks when body weight, body mass index and actual activity levels were measured using an activPAL accelerometer. Activity was categorised as sitting/lying, standing or stepping. Paired t-tests were used to compare the changes from baseline to 12 weeks.Seven women mean age 46 SD 6.7 years completed the intervention programme. These results indicate that following a simple activity point system is an effective method to reduce inactivity in an overweight and obese female population. Whilst the activity point system did result in lower levels of sitting/lying times it was not apparent that this translated into increased levels of activities such as stepping as the resultant effect was an increase in standing time only. However this model for reducing inactivity shows potential as a method of weight reduction, as despite being a pilot study, significant reductions in both body weight and BMI were evident. It remains to be elucidated whether these results can be generalised to the population as a whole and whether improvements in diet quality contribute to the weight loss seen.

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The Effects of a Health Promotion Program on Rural, West Virginia Adults

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This health promotion project is a 12-week program for adults in a rural West Virginia community with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or greater. The goals of this project were to facilitate learning through modules focusing on activity and nutrition, increase knowledge of healthy activity and nutrition, and improve weight and BMI. Each 12-week session provided evidenced-based information regarding obesity, physical activity, and nutrition. Participants completed pre- and postprogram and 1-month follow-up survey/questionnaire. Results were compared for changes in activity, nutrition, and BMI. The program resulted in positive changes: increase in activity and nutritional consumption and a decrease in BMI.

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A 12 week activity point system achieves weight loss in sedentary overweight and obese women: a pilot study

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