Interventional Effects of Weight-Loss Policy in a Healthy City among Participants with Metabolic Syndrome

Abstract

This study aimed to establish a friendly environment of active living and healthy eating for citizens while promoting and increasing knowledge of healthy exercise. Acquisition of physical activity skills and citizens’ lifestyle changes result in reduction in rates of obesity and deaths related to underlying metabolism syndrome. This study used a non-experimental cross-sectional design to survey residents living in Taiwan’s rural Miaoli County. The inclusion criterion was positive screening for metabolic syndrome. In total, 2068 participants were recruited, and 1886 questionnaires (91.2%) were completed. An organization-spreading strategy and home convenient Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability tactic were applied to the assessment, promotion, evaluation, and planning of the project via an obesity-causing environmental scan, oriental synergy aerobics, acupuncture points massage, guide books, broadcasting, town-based “shape-it-station”, and a vending cart created to facilitate the acquisition of healthy foods. After the intervention, results revealed that health condition, regular exercise habits, diet behavior, metabolic syndrome cognition, and body weight became better than before. Appropriate promotion of healthy cities through public health measures may effectively reduce the threat of death due to metabolic syndrome, which in turn reduces overall, and represents successful control of a typical non-communicable disease.

Effects of the e-Motivate4Change Program on Metabolic Syndrome in Young Adults Using Health Apps and Wearable Devices: Quasi-Experimental Study

“…The uHealth nutrition education initiative is an online self-monitoring program, and data are collected during each session, and are then analyzed cumulatively [ 21 ]. A previous cross-sectional study in rural Taiwan successfully reduced the mortality rate from MetS by applying an appropriate Health City plan [ 23 ]. The Health City plan for Miaoli County, Taiwan integrated public and civil departments, nongovernmental organizations, and community resources to develop a model of “must move” and “healthy diet” as part of a sustainable development strategy.…”

“…The Health City plan for Miaoli County, Taiwan integrated public and civil departments, nongovernmental organizations, and community resources to develop a model of “must move” and “healthy diet” as part of a sustainable development strategy. Thus, an appropriate health promotion project may effectively reduce the threat of death by MetS [ 23 ]. However, most previous studies on MetS and its interventions focused on adults aged >30 years; consequently, more studies about young adults are needed.…”

A Technology-Mediated Interventional Approach to the Prevention of Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…Although this meta-analysis confirmed the homogeneity of the study, technology-mediated interventions were found to be effective in reducing waist circumference, fasting blood sugar, and body mass index, with statistically significant results. Abdominal obesity increases the risk of developing chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and fatty liver [ 16 , 29 , 40 , 49 ]. Abdominal obesity is known to have a greater risk of MetS due to not only simple abdominal obesity, but also other clinical features of MetS such as blood pressure, high triglycerides, hypoglycemic lipoprotein cholesterol, and blood sugar [ 7 , 36 , 68 ].…”

“…In addressing these issues, several studies have used technology-mediated interventions to promote health in participants at risk for metabolic syndrome (MetS) [ 16 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ]. According to a literature review related to the prevention and management of MetS, about a third of the studies were only targeting the middle-aged population, and over 60% were concerned about people already living with MetS.…”

Aşırı Kilolu ve Obez Bireylerde Kulak Akupunkturu ve NLP Uygulamalarının Kilo Verme Üzerine Etkinliğinin Karşılaştırılması

“…Obezite artık çağın sorunu olarak görülmektedir. Obezite tedavi edilmediği takdirde pek çok sağlık sorununu da beraberinde getirmektedir (13). ABD'de obezite görülme oranı kadınlarda %25, erkeklerde %15'dir (14).…”