Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity (Apr 2024)

Effect of the Healthy Dish Method to Reduce Waist Circumference in Teachers with Abdominal Obesity of a Peruvian University

  • Mondéjar Barrios MD,
  • Matos Inga MA,
  • Rodas Trujillo KJ,
  • Mori Díaz SL,
  • Espíritu Aguirre JO,
  • Cabanillas-Chirinos LA

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 17
pp. 1879 – 1886

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María Dolores Mondéjar Barrios,1 Matilde Anais Matos Inga,1 Karem Justhin Rodas Trujillo,1 Sandra Lisseth Mori Díaz,1 Juana Olga Espíritu Aguirre,2 Luis Alberto Cabanillas-Chirinos1 1La Libertad, Universidad César Vallejo, Trujillo, Perú; 2Áncash, Universidad Nacional del Santa, Chimbote, PerúCorrespondence: María Dolores Mondéjar Barrios, La Libertad, Universidad César Vallejo, Avenida Antenor Orrego W3 lote 16. Urbanización Covicorti, Trujillo, Perú, Email [email protected]: Obesity has increased steadily in recent decades, becoming a worldwide pandemic.Objective: To determine the effect of the “Healthy Dish” method to reduce waist circumference in teachers with abdominal obesity in a Peruvian University.Methods: Quasi-experimental, prospective study in 43 teachers, divided into 21 in the control group and 22 in the experimental group, who received a two-session workshop on abdominal obesity and the “Healthy Dish” method. The latter was applied for 2 months, monitored 5 days a week, the waist circumference of both groups was measured at one month and at two months and compared. For the statistical analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics or nonparametric statistics were applied (Mann–Whitney U-test, according to the assumption of normality).Results: The predominant age range was 40 to 49 years, women, married, overweight, with a family history of hypertension, cancer and diabetes mellitus. After the intervention, 40.9% of teachers in the experimental group decreased their waist circumference and 54.5% normalized it, while the control group decreased it by 23.8% and 47.6% normalized it. Only 4.54% of teachers in the experimental group showed no change in their waist circumference, compared to 19.0% in the control group, and 9.52% of teachers in the control group increased their waist circumference.Conclusion: The healthy dish method has a positive effect on decreasing waist circumference in teachers with abdominal obesity.Keywords: healthy eating, abdominal obesity, teachers, waist circumference

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