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Moon, Park, Koo, and Kim: Effects of Behavior Modification on Body Image, Depression and Body Fat in Obese Korean Elementary School Children
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Yonsei Medical Journal

Yonsei Medical Journal 2004; 45(1): 61-67.

Published online: 28 February 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2004.45.1.61

Effects of Behavior Modification on Body Image, Depression and Body Fat in Obese Korean Elementary School Children

Young Im Moon1, Ho Ran Park1, Hyun Young Koo2, Hyo Shin Kim3

1College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

2Department of Nursing, The Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea.

3Graduate Student of the Catholic University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea.

Reprint address: requests to Dr. Ho Ran Park, College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, Korea. Tel: 82-2-590-1291, Fax: 82-2-590-1297, hrpark@catholic.ac.kr

Received 6 June 2003       Accepted 30 July 2003

Copyright © 2004 The Yonsei University College of Medicine

Abstract

This study was performed to investigate the effects of behavior modification on body image, depression and body fat in obese elementary school children.
Sixty-two elementary students of the 4th to 6th grade were selected from two different Seoul schools. Thirty-four children in one school were designated as the experimental group, and 28 children from the other school as the control group.
The experimental group received 60 - 70 minutes of behavior modification, once a week, for 8 weeks. The control group received neither management nor treatment.
The results indicated a significant improvement of body image and a reduction in the increase rate of body fat for the experimental group. This finding strongly supports the theory that behavior modification can be used as an effective strategy in the treatment of obese children.

Keywords: Childhood obesity, behavior modification, body image, depression, body fat

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