ARYA Atherosclerosis Journal

The effect of educational and encouragement interventions on anthropometric characteristics, obestatin and adiponectin levels

Document Type : Original Article(s)

Authors

Firoozeh Sajjadi 1
Noushin Mohammadifard 2
Maryam Maghroun 3
Fatemeh Shirani 4
Simin Karimi 5
Marzie Taheri 3
Nizal Sarrafzadegan 6

1 Heart Failure Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Hypertension Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

3 Interventional Cardiology Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

4 Food Security Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

5 Cardiac Rehabilitation Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

6 Professor, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22122/arya.v15i3.1588
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Lifestyle modification is the most important strategy for control of obesity and overweight. Obestatin and adiponectin are the biomarkers of obesity. Thus, this study was performed to examine the effect of educational and encouragement interventions and lifestyle modifications on obesity anthropometric as well as obestatin and adiponectin levels.METHODS: This semi-experimental study was conducted on a subsample of TABASSOM study. Participants were 41 overweight and obese children and adolescents aged 6-18 years old and 45 overweight and obese adults aged 19-65 years old. Anthropometric characteristics including height, weight, waist and hip circumferences, and body fat percentage (BFP) were measured at the first and after one year at the end of study. We implemented some educational and encouragement interventions regarding dietary modification and physical activity during the study. Obestatin and adiponectin levels were measured at the first and end of study by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method.RESULTS: The study did not show significant effect on anthropometric characteristics such as body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). BFP decreased significantly in boys, total children and adolescent group, and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) decreased significantly only in adolescent boys after 1 year (P < 0.050).CONCLUSION: Educational and encouraging interventions and lifestyle modifications could lead to decrease of body WHR and BFP in adolescent boys. This is helpful in controlling the increasing rate of obesity. 

Keywords

Obesity
Overweight
Adults
Children
Adolescents
Obestatin
Adiponectin
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ARYA Atherosclerosis Journal
Volume 15, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
May and June 2019
Pages 123-129

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