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Volume 7, Issue 3 (Suppl) J Obes Weight Loss Ther, an open access journal
ISSN: 2165-7904 Childhood Obesity & Bariatric Surgery 2017
June 12-13, 2017
June 12-13, 2017 Rome, Italy
& Childhood Obesity and Nutrition
10th International Conference on
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
2nd International Conference on
JOINT EVENT
Promoting effective school policies for childhood obesity prevention in Lebanon through advocacy,
citizen engagement and knowledge translation
Rana Saleh, Rima Nakkash and Fadi El Jardali
American University of Beirut-Knowledge to Policy Center, Lebanon
Background & Aim: Child overweight & obesity (COO) in Lebanon has reached alarming levels of 34.8% and 13.2% respectively.
With one of the highest percentages in the Eastern Mediterranean region, COO in Lebanon increased by approximately two folds
in the past decade, without policies for prevention, despite mounting evidence of their effectiveness. This study examines the use of
citizen engagement, advocacy and knowledge translation (KT) tools and platform in the uptake of research evidence on effective
school policies in COB prevention.
Methods: The following work was conducted and evaluated: Development of a policy brief for effective school policies for COO
prevention in Lebanon; Citizen Consultation (CC) meetings using innovative data visualization (IDV); a national Policy Dialogue
(PD) and; implementation of an advocacy framework.
Results: The policy brief: Synthesizing high quality international and local evidence along with key informant interviews resulted in
identifying three major effective elements for a comprehensive school policy solution. The CC and PD: Those elements were discussed
in both dialogues for consensus and identifying key implementation considerations using IDVs. Furthermore, the participants in the
CC thought that it can affect decision makers (70%) allow joint decision making (70%) and almost all wanted to be involved in further
advocacy efforts. The advocacy framework: A framework was developed and piloted over the course of the implementation of the
policy elements.
Conclusion: School policies for COO prevention are effective but require using an integrated KT approach to bring a change in
policy and practice. That entails engaging citizens in the decision-making and implementing evidence-informed advocacy strategies
and coalitions to influence actions along with using KT tools and platforms. Citizen engagement strategies empower citizens to be
involved in the decision-making process and in enhancing accountability and advocacy in health policy. Study findings will inform
similar work in other countries.
Indicators for success of obesity reduction programs in adolescents; body composition and body mass
index: Evaluation of a school-based health promotion project in Iran after 12 weeks of intervention
Saeid Doaei
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Background & Aim: Obesity in adolescence is a primary risk factor for obesity in adulthood. The objective of this study was the
assessment of the effect of a comprehensive lifestyle intervention on different anthropometric indices in 12 to 16 year old boy
adolescents.
Methods: 96 adolescent boys of two schools of district five of Tehran have participated in this study. The schools were randomly
assigned as intervention school (n=53) and control school (n=43). The height and weight of students were measured with a calibrated
tape line and digital scale respectively and their BMI were calculated. The amounts of body fat percent (BF) and body muscle (BM)
percent were determined by Bio Impedance Analyzer (BIA) considering the age, gender and height of students at baseline and after
intervention. The intervention was implemented in the intervention school, according to the Ottawa charter principles.
Results: 12 weeks of intervention decreased body fat percent in the intervention group in comparison with the control group
(decreased by 1.81% in the intervention group and increased by 0.39% in the control group, P<0.01). But weight, BMI and BM did
not change significantly.
Conclusion: The result of this study showed that the implementation of comprehensive intervention in obese adolescents may
improve the body composition, although these changes may not be reflected in BMI. It’s possible that BMI is not a good indicator in
assessment of the success of obesity management intervention.
J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2017, 7:3 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-046