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A nutrition and exercise intervention program for controlling weight in Samoan communities in New Zealand

Bell, A., Swinburn, Boyd, Amosa, H. and Scragg, R. 2001, A nutrition and exercise intervention program for controlling weight in Samoan communities in New Zealand, International journal of obesity, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 920-927.

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Title A nutrition and exercise intervention program for controlling weight in Samoan communities in New Zealand
Author(s) Bell, A.
Swinburn, Boyd
Amosa, H.
Scragg, R.
Journal name International journal of obesity
Volume number 25
Issue number 6
Start page 920
End page 927
Publisher Nature Publishing Group
Place of publication London, U. K.
Publication date 2001
ISSN 0307-0565
1476-5497
Keyword(s) community-based intervention
nutrition
education
exercise
weight change
Summary OBJECTIVE: To promote weight loss in Samoan church communities through an exercise program and nutrition education.
METHODS: A quasi-experimental design was used to assess weight change, over 1 y, in cohorts of people aged 20 ± 77 y from
three non-randomised Samoan church communities (two intervention, n ˆ365 and one control, n ˆ106) in Auckland, New Zealand. The intervention churches received aerobics sessions and nutrition education about dietary fat.
RESULTS: Baseline body mass index for the intervention and control churches was (means.e.) 34.80.4 and 34.30.9 kg=m2, respectively. The intervention churches lost an average of 0.40.3 kg compared to a 1.30.6 kg weight gain in the control church (P ˆ0.039, adjusted for confounders). The number of people who were vigorously active increased by
10% in the intervention churches compared to a 5% decline in the control church (P ˆ0.007). Nutrition education had little apparent impact on knowledge or behaviour.
CONCLUSION: Samoan communities in New Zealand are very obese and have high rates of annual weight gain. A community-based
intervention program arrested this weight gain in the short term.
Language eng
Field of Research 111712 Health Promotion
Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences
HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2001, Nature Publishing Group
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30009430

Document type: Journal Article
Collections: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
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