Obesity Awareness and Sensitization in Schools for Improving Weight Control and Reducing Obesity Stigma in Students: A Pilot Study
This study showed that most students of class eight who participated in this study were not aware of the importance of healthy body weight, obesity-related diseases, healthy lifestyles for long-term regulation of healthy body weight, and the negative consequences of obesity bias. The OASP addressed all these issues and was found successful.
Authors
- Indu Saxena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1783-5042)
- Manoj Kumar
- R. Aishwarya
- Ashish Arvind
- Aniruddha Sen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5446-2015)
- Alka Shukla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9627-4927)
- Babu L Kannoujia
Institutions
- Baba Raghav Das Medical College (IN)
- Adesh University (IN)
- Bashkir State Medical University (RU)
- Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-10-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.71910
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54
Funders
- All-India Institute of Medical Sciences