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Nov 22-23, 2018 | Paris, France
Joint Event
Nutrition and Health
16
th
International Conference on
26
th
International Conference on
Diabetes and Endocrinology
&
Journal of Insights in Nutrition and Metabolism | Volume 2
Background:
Nowadays, young females are seeking optimal
fitness most of the time through unhealthy practices. Most
females don’t follow the health recommendations on dietary
guidelines. Normal weight female behaves differently than
overweight and obese female and perceive food and diet
practices in other ways. Since those dieting practices are
not always adapted to promote a healthy body weight, this
study aims to determine the dieting practices used among
normal, overweight and obese female and identify dieting
practices that could be pursued to help these females more
appropriately achieve and maintain a healthy body weight.
Methods:
A total of 120 females aged 18 to 26 years
participated in this study. Height, weight, waist and hip
circumferences and skinfold thickness were measured
to assess body composition. Surveys included food
questionnaire and physical activity recall. Participants were
classified according to body mass index (BMI) as normal
weight (n=80), overweight (n=25), or obese (n=15). Data
were analyzed using JMP IN® software. Descriptive statistics
included means, standard deviations, and frequency.
Results:
Majority of participants (79%) used dieting for
weight loss and believed they would be almost 4% greater
than current weight if they did not diet; normal weight,
overweight, and obese groups perceived attractive weight to
be 94%, 85%, and 74% respectively, of current weight; 75% of
participants reported using physical activity to control weight,
although only 21% exercised at a sufficient level to promote
weight loss; only two of 15 dieting behaviors assessed
differed in terms of prevalence of use among groups, which
were consciously eating less than you want (44% normal
weight, 57% overweight, 81% obese) and using artificial
sweeteners (31% normal weight and overweight, 5% obese);
and the most prevalent explicit maladaptive weight loss
behavior was smoking cigarettes (used by 9% of participants)
and most unhealthy was skipping breakfast (32%).
Conclusion:
Collectively, results indicate females, regardless
of weight status, would benefit from open discussions and
education sessions with health educators regarding healthy
and effective dieting practices to achieve/maintain a healthy
body weight.
Speaker Biography
Vera Matta is a registered dietitian, she has a master’s degree in nutritional psychotherapy
and a PhD in counseling and nutritional psychotherapy. She is a current researcher
in many health topics like diabetes, obesity. She is a therapeutic dietitian, treating all
kind of nutrition related diseases and a consultant for many food related companies.
e:
Sweetdiet22@yahoo.comVera Matta
Sweet Diet Clinic, Lebanon
Differences in dieting practices among young females of different weight