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Volume 6, Issue 9(Suppl) J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2016
ISSN: 2165-7904 JOWT, an open access journal
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Obesity 2016
December 08-10, 2016
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J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2016, 6:9(Suppl)
Disease prevention, search for a healthier lifestyle and aesthetic motivation for weight loss
Cláudia Araújo da Rocha Benevides and Rocha I C S
Federal University of Para, Brazil
Introduction: A lot of studies show relation between obesity and development of several diseases (NHANES). This work aims to
evaluate the profile and the motivation of people who want to lose weight, as well as identify the reasons for failures to achieve their
goals.
Methods: 187 individuals, who wanted to lose weight, were studied. Among which, 48.6% were between 35 and 44 years old and
86.6% were female. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical statistical study and the statistical tests (Odis Ratio) concede
to reach 95% as the range of confidence.
Results: 44.4% among the participants had over weight by the Body Mass Index (BMI), 22.6% obesity grade I, 22% normal BMI, 7.5%
obesity grade II and 3.5% obesity grade III. It's worth noting that 22% of the participants with normal BMI, still wanted to lose more
weight; however, most of them (97.5%) aimed to lose an amount of weight that wouldn't put them in a risk group (Low weight). The
main reasons that led them to lose weight were to be healthier and to prevent diseases (38.5%), aesthetic reasons (33.6%) and to feel
more willing (18.2%). Aesthetic reasons were more frequent among them and had normal BMI (56%), while among the obese (grade
I, II, III), health motivation was the most frequent (63.5%). In this group, there was a higher prevalence of associated diseases and
the chances to develop diseases for this group was 3.9 times greater than on the normal BMI group (p=0.002). On the other hand,
among obese grade III, these odds increased to 8.9% (p=0.008). The majority (88.2%) assumed had no health habits: 49.7% of them by
lack of discipline, 13% by lack of available time and 14% by lack of energy or emotional motivation to practice these healthy choices.
Conclusion: It's important to know what happens on our patient's mind, to choose the best therapeutical strategy in order to get
succeeded in treatment. This study showed that among the higher degree of obesity, the greater are the chances of having diseases,
compared to the normal BMI group.
Psychological & social factor causing obesity
Ushakiran Sisodia
Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital, India
Introduction: Today’s time is advancing in all aspects and the senior citizen are getting less social, more psychologically depressed
with the use of internet, facebook, whattsapp.
Aim: The purpose of study is to correct BMI, to find out social & psychological factor leading obesity, to correct nutritional deficiency,
to educate about right nutrition. The social factors are: loss of one partner, depression, and children get married, living alone, having
less intake leading to poor nutritional status eating imbalanced meals, skipping meals. The physiological factors are: do not have
couple of teeth, dentures, diabetes, hypertension, piles and indigestion.
Methodology: 508 (60 – 80 years) senior citizen workshops were conducted, recipes developed, and it had been given to them to
include in daily diet and special performa & psychological test was developed. They were educated about calorie dense nutrient dense
foods, with more immunity booster. They developed support group to share their experiences on psychological as well as social
factors leading to obesity (alcohol consumption due to various reasons, loss of family members etc.).
Results: Social factors remained significant predictors of BMI after controlling for all health behaviors. Neither social factors alone,
nor health behaviors alone, adequately explained the variance in BMI. Gender specific interactions were found between social factors
and individual health behaviors. Results suggest that social factors & psychological factors moderate the relation between BMI and
weight – related behavior that has given overall metaphorical paralysis of our brain and all body organs, because we are depending on
more machines and this gives warning to change to our grandfathers day, more outgoing to nature.