Sunnetci Silistre Eda, Yesil Alihan, Kozanoglu Tugba, Balci Mehmet Cihan, Karaca Meryem, Gokcay Gulden Fatma
Department of Child Health and Diseases, Acibadem Kozyatagi Hospital, Istanbul 34734, Türkiye.
Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34104, Türkiye.
Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Oct 16;12(20):2048. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12202048.
We aimed to evaluate the role of nutrition and behavior education intervention in the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity by comparing changes in obesity-related characteristics among obese children during a follow-up period of 12 months.
This study was designed as a prospective cohort study in children aged between 6 and 18 years, with exogenous obesity who applied to Istanbul Research and Training Hospital, Pediatrics Department, between January 2018 and July 2019. Beginning at the sixth month, a program for nutrition and behavior education for obesity prevention and treatment was initiated and continued during the second half of the study period.
The mean age of 59 children (29 females, 30 males) was 11.73 ± 2.78. BMI levels did not show a significant difference in the first 6 months, but decreased significantly during the second 6 months of the study. Screen time, fast eating behavior, overeating behavior and food score index scores also demonstrated significant improvements during the intervention period of the study, between 6 and 12 months.
It was concluded that nutrition and behavior education for the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity could be a successful intervention with close follow-up.
我们旨在通过比较肥胖儿童在12个月随访期内与肥胖相关特征的变化，评估营养和行为教育干预在儿童肥胖预防和治疗中的作用。
本研究设计为一项前瞻性队列研究，研究对象为2018年1月至2019年7月期间申请伊斯坦布尔研究与培训医院儿科的6至18岁患有外源性肥胖的儿童。从第六个月开始，启动了一项预防和治疗肥胖的营养和行为教育计划，并在研究期的后半段持续进行。
59名儿童（29名女性，30名男性）的平均年龄为11.73±2.78。体重指数（BMI）水平在前6个月没有显著差异，但在研究的后6个月显著下降。在研究的干预期（6至12个月），屏幕使用时间、进食快行为、暴饮暴食行为和食物评分指数得分也有显著改善。
得出的结论是，针对儿童肥胖预防和治疗的营养和行为教育在密切随访的情况下可能是一种成功的干预措施。
