Ford M Allison, Haskins Mary A, Nahar Vinayak K
Department of Health, Exercise Science, and Recreation Management, School of Applied Sciences, University of Mississippi, Mississippi, USA.
School of Health Sciences, Stephens College, MO, USA.
Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2017 Sep-Oct;11(4):13-17.
Given the health-care cost and prevalence of preventative health disparities across today's population, it is not surprising that the recent health-care legislation has aimed to address preventative health initiatives. Specifically, weight management counseling is a preventative health initiative that the affordable care act has emphasized. We evaluated motivational counseling (MC) for weight management in a college aged population and to what extent adherence to the program impacts the magnitude of weight loss.
A total of 120 southeastern US college students from 2009 to 2013 participated in weekly counseling sessions lasting 15-30 min focused on weight management.
The study findings indicated a 51% greater weight loss in participants with greater adherence to the MC program. There were no differences across gender or race.
These findings indicate that motivation counseling is an effect modality for addressing obesity-related preventive health disparities.
鉴于当今人群的医疗保健成本以及预防性健康差异的普遍存在，近期的医疗保健立法旨在解决预防性健康倡议也就不足为奇了。具体而言，体重管理咨询是《平价医疗法案》所强调的一项预防性健康倡议。我们评估了针对大学生群体体重管理的动机性咨询（MC），以及对该计划的依从程度在多大程度上影响体重减轻的幅度。
2009年至2013年，共有120名来自美国东南部的大学生参加了每周一次、时长为15 - 30分钟、专注于体重管理的咨询课程。
研究结果表明，对MC计划依从性较高的参与者体重减轻幅度高出51%。性别和种族之间没有差异。
这些发现表明，动机性咨询是解决与肥胖相关的预防性健康差异的有效方式。
