Kaledo Game and The Nutrition Education Prepared According to Health Belief Model
Condition: Childhood Obesity
MeSH terms: Pediatric Obesity
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      According to the World Health Organization, childhood obesity is the most serious problem of
      this century. Childhood obesity is an important risk factor for many chronic diseases such as
      insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease.Childhood
      obesity is a serious public health problem and the public health nurse plays an important
      role in the prevention of obesity. Especially in schools, positive health behaviors of
      children should be developed by considering them within the scope of school health. Changing
      the diet in children will make important contributions to the fight against obesity.In order
      to change the child's diet, it is necessary to teach the child the correct diet. School is
      the most appropriate educational environment in which the right nutrition can be learned and
      permanent behavior change can be established.There is a need for effective methods to teach
      proper nutrition and to achieve weight loss. The aim of this study was to compare the effect
      of Kaledo game and nutrition education prepared according to health belief model on weight
      loss in overweight and obese children. This study is randomized controlled experimental
      study. There were 2 experiments and a control group in the study. Children in the first
      experimental group were a play session one day a week, and the second experimental group
      received 20 minutes of nutrition education once a week. No intervention applied to the
      control group. Children in all three groups were 0, 3. Month-weight measurements made and
      personal information form, nutrition self-efficacy scale, nutrition attitude scale and
      nutrition behavior scale applied.
    

Detailed description: 
      The population of the study consists of overweight and obese students studying in 5th, 6th
      and 7th grades of secondary school. However, due to the very large population, 3 secondary
      schools were selected. It was decided to select a sample from these three secondary
      schools.The children included in the sample were likely to be in different groups. Also, no
      intervention would be applied to children in the control group. There could be problems such
      as children labeling each other. To avoid these problems, the groups are divided into
      schools. The three schools where the research will be conducted were determined by lot
      method. The first school formed the Kaledo game group, the second school the nutrition
      education group, and the third school the control group. BMI was determined by making
      anthropometric measurements of the children attending these schools. These students were
      stratified according to their overweight and obese status and gender. According to the power
      analysis, the minimum sample size for the experimental and control groups was calculated as
      57 for each group. In this context, the sample size for each group was planned to consist of
      64 people, taking into account incomplete and incorrect data and absenteeism. In this study
      population, students up to the sample size (n = 64) determined (32 overweight students and 32
      obese students) by Power analysis for each school were determined by drawing of lots method.
      Later, the interventions defined in the groups were initiated.
    

Intervention name(s): Kaledo game; Education; No intervention
Intervention type(s): Other; Other; Other
Intervention description(s): Before starting the study, the height and weight of the children in the play group were measured and their body mass indexes were calculated. Personal information form, nutrition self-efficacy scale, nutrition attitude scale and nutrition behavior scale were applied.Then the game sessions were started.Game sessions lasted 12 weeks. After 12 weeks, the height and weight measurements of the students were made and their body mass indexes were calculated. Personal information form, nutrition self-efficacy scale, nutrition attitude scale and nutrition behavior scale were applied.; Before starting the study, the height and weight of the children in the education group were measured and their body mass indexes were calculated. Personal information form, nutrition self-efficacy scale, nutrition attitude scale and nutrition behavior scale were applied.Then the education sessions were started.education sessions lasted 12 weeks. After 12 weeks, the height and weight measurements of the students were made and their body mass indexes were calculated. Personal information form, nutrition self-efficacy scale, nutrition attitude scale and nutrition behavior scale were applied.; Body mass indexes were calculated by measuring the height and weight of the students.Personal information form, nutrition self-efficacy scale, nutrition attitude scale and nutrition behavior scale were applied.The same measurements and scale applications were repeated after 12 weeks.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Prevention
Keywords: Childhood obesity; Game; Health belief model; Kaledo Game