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Food portion size educational programme in a workplace setting in Puducherry – Is it effective?
- Source :
- Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Vol 10, Iss 9, Pp 3368-3373 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background: Consuming larger portion sizes, i.e., in excess of a typically recommended serving size, has been attributed to the obesity epidemic. The workplace acts as an efficient target for health promotion activities. Aims: To assess the effectiveness of a food portion size educational programme in increasing knowledge among the employees of a software company in Puducherry. Methodology: An interventional study was conducted with a pre-post design. A single group of software company employees (N = 120), age ≥30 years selected by simple random sampling was included in the study. The intervention consisted of a health education programme on the portion sizes of common food items including fruits and vegetables. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information on personal and sociodemographic details. Self-regulation on eating was assessed using the Self-Regulation of Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (SREBQ). Results: The mean age of the study participants was 27 ± 5 years. Most of the participants were males, i.e., 72 (60%). Of the total, 55 (47.8%) participants were obese and 18 (15.7%) were overweight. The median number of meals and snacks consumed by the participants was 3 (1–3) and 1 (1–2), respectively. The median (interquartile range [IQR]) knowledge scores of the food portion size significantly increased from 9 (0–16) to 14 (5–19) (P < 0.05). Conclusions: This study has demonstrated that an educational intervention in the workplace setting is feasible and effective in increasing the knowledge of food portion size over a short term.
- Subjects :
- food portion size
healthy diet
self-regulation
workplace intervention
Medicine
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22494863
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7aa6009a35a412ba24874291cd6102f
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_849_21