Effect of Weight Loss Program in Thailand 4.0 Era on Body Weight of Overweight Teenage in Trang Province
Abstract
The objective of this quasi–experimental research was to study the effect of a weight loss program by comparing the effect between the groups using normal weight loss program and the Thailand 4.0 era weight loss program in overweight teenage students in Trang province. The samples were selected by simple random sampling, 15 teenagers in experiment group and 15 teenagers in control group, from Wichian Matu school and WatKhuan Wiset Foundation school, Muang district, Trang province. Data were collected between October 4th and 2020 to November 4th, 2020. The 4–week weight loss program consisted of 7 steps as follows: 1) overweight education activities 2) exchanging experiences based on Kolb’s ideas via Line application 3) watching obese children video footage 4) committing to walk 3,000 steps/day by using an FITANDFIRM application 5) taking photos of each meal and reporting daily walking and body weight through Line application 6) calculating the energy consumed from food by Calories Diary application and 7) tracking once a week, encouraging and asking questions about obstacles using a reflection method through Google Meet. Data were analyzed using the statistics software and presented as the frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The body weights before and after using the program were compared using an independent t–test.
The results showed that most of samples were female, aged 13 – 14 years. Their body weights ranged 50–55 kilogram. Their BMIs were between 25.6–26.0 kilogram/meter2. After using the program, the loss weight in the experimental group was significantly greater than those of the control group (p = 0.042). The experimental group had increased exercise behavior and dietary intake < 1,700 kilocalories/day significantly more than those of control group (p = 0.001 and p = 0.001, respectively). Therefore the application of Thailand 4.0 era weight loss program in overweight teenager could stimulate their motivation and continuous activities, as a result, get more effective weight loss.
Keywords: Weight loss program in Thailand 4.0 era, Teenage, Overweight
