Date of Award
5-1-2007
Degree Type
Restricted Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Public Health
Field of Study
Community Health
Department
School of Public Health
First Advisor
Claudia Coggin
Second Advisor
Ximena Urrutia-Rojas
Third Advisor
Sejong Bae
Abstract
Bhatia, Shimona R., Pilot Project Evaluation: Keep It Healthy- An Obesity Prevention and Lifestyle-Modification Non-Profit Organization. Master of Public Health (Community Health), May 2007, 120 pp., 3 tables, 5 illustrations, references, 66 titles. This study was a secondary data set analysis and pilot-project evaluation of the Keep It Healthy non-profit organization. The eighteen-week program, which twenty-one qualifying participants completed, included dietary counseling, physical activity groups and classes as well as nutritional education. Overall, there was a significant (p-value <0.05) increase in fruit and vegetable consumption per day. There was also an increase in the days per week and minutes per day spent engaging in various levels of physical activity. There was also a significant decrease of average weight (164.10 to 169.49 pounds) and average body mass index (BMI) (30.04 to 29.14) of the group over the eighteen-week program.
Recommended Citation
Bhatia, S. R.
,
"Pilot Project Evaluation: Keep It Healthy - An Obesity-Prevention and Lifestyle-Modification Non-Profit Organization" Fort Worth, Tx: University of North Texas Health Science Center;
(2007).
https://digitalcommons.hsc.unt.edu/theses/458
Comments
Bhatia, Shimona R., Pilot Project Evaluation: Keep It Healthy- An Obesity Prevention and Lifestyle-Modification Non-Profit Organization. Master of Public Health (Community Health), May 2007, 120 pp., 3 tables, 5 illustrations, references, 66 titles. W 4.5 B575P 2007