Author/Authors :
Mehrabi Yadollah نويسنده , Ghaffari Mohtasham نويسنده Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Ghaffari Mohtasham , Rakhshandehroo Sakineh نويسنده Department of Public Health, School of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Rakhshandehroo Sakineh , Besharati Far Samaneh نويسنده Department of Public Health, School of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Besharati Far Samaneh
Abstract :
Background: The present study was conducted to investigate the beliefs of girl students in Pakdasht city about obese people and the factors related to it.
Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 350 grade-seven students in Pakdasht city. The data collection tool was a BAOP questionnaire, including demographic information and eight five-choice questions on the beliefs about obesity and obese people. To analyze the data, the SPSS 16 software as well as Chi-Square test and one-way ANOVA were used.
Results: The result reported, 141 (40.3%) students disagreed with the sentence "Obesity often occurs as a result of an illness." and 74 ones (21.1%) totally disagreed. Or, asking a question about the eating habits of obese people ("The majority of obese people have bad eating habits that lead to their obesity.") indicated that 73 students (20.9%) totally agreed and 128 ones (36.6%) agreed with the idea. In addition, 15 students (4.2%) totally agreed with the sentence “Obesity rarely occurs due to the personʹs lack of will.”
Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that high school female students had little knowledge about the causes of obesity.
