Abstract
Introduction: The National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) reported that diet related NCDs account for 73% of all deaths in Malaysia (IPH, 2005). The NHMS 2019 also reported that the prevalence of diabetes mellitus, obesity and obesity among adults had increased since 2006. The prevalence of obesity among adults increased from 4.4% in 1996 to 14% in 2006; to 15.1% in 2011 and 17.7% in 2015 and 19.7% in 2019. The dominant risk factors for non-communicable diseases are behavioural; they relate to unhealthy diets and inadequate physical activity. At any circumstances, fitness and healthy eating should be a priority for all individuals to maintain good health, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, there were significant changes to lifestyle especially with physical activity and eating habits due to the movement control order. The usual weight management program need to be restructure to suit the new norms during the pandemic.
Methods: 60 Days Slim Fit Challenge is a hybrid weight management program that was conducted from 1 October - 30 November 2021. The program included physical activity and nutrition module, health screening, body composition, fitness test and mental health screening. The participants were divided into 2 main groups, namely the normal BMI group dan overweight/obesity group. Individual that successfully reduced and achieved the targeted weight will be given a reward. Results: There was a total of 471 participants registered for the program. From the 471, 78% were found to be overweight / obese and 22% were in normal body mass index. 30% (n=149) of these participants follow through until the end of program. 78% from 149 were overweight/obese and 22% were in normal body mass index. From this 78% (n=117), 85% lost at least 1kg of body weight; 5% had a 10% reduction from their original body weight; 11% reached normal body mass index; 63% had reduction in body fat percentage. Discussion: This program was designed to be a hybrid weight management program, where most of the participants will attend theory classes for healthy eating through online platform, and conduct their own physical activity session. One of the monitoring systems on physical activity was the BookDoc application where the overweight and obese participants need to achieve 300000 steps in 60days. Diet recall and advice on diet history were conducted via online, so that participants can learn more about their daily diet. The challenges in this program being the drop out rate of almost 70%. Most of the participants not being able to come for the final measurement of body composition was caused by being a Covid-19 patient or subject to home quarantine due to being a close contact. Being a hybrid program although can be beneficial, but also depend a lot on the participant connectivity and internet usage. As a conclusion, weight management program which focuses on behavioral changes, will need a more holistic approach for participants to be more adherence to the intended program.
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-P-130,
title = {Weight Management Program During Covid-19: Labuan Slim Fit Challenge},
author = {Gui Shir Ley and Elniee Melson and Nur Sabrina Zulkefli and Mohd Zaki Abd Hamid and Ismuni Bohari},
url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-P-130.pdf
https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/wpforms/1176-1e04940bb5d885bf8711ed19095a89ed/E-Poster_APCPH2022-P-130-060dfaf29263b3fcf5cb31142097b0e1.pdf},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-02},
urldate = {2022-08-02},
issue = {7},
abstract = {Introduction: The National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) reported that diet related NCDs account for 73% of all deaths in Malaysia (IPH, 2005). The NHMS 2019 also reported that the prevalence of diabetes mellitus, obesity and obesity among adults had increased since 2006. The prevalence of obesity among adults increased from 4.4% in 1996 to 14% in 2006; to 15.1% in 2011 and 17.7% in 2015 and 19.7% in 2019. The dominant risk factors for non-communicable diseases are behavioural; they relate to unhealthy diets and inadequate physical activity. At any circumstances, fitness and healthy eating should be a priority for all individuals to maintain good health, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, there were significant changes to lifestyle especially with physical activity and eating habits due to the movement control order. The usual weight management program need to be restructure to suit the new norms during the pandemic.
Methods: 60 Days Slim Fit Challenge is a hybrid weight management program that was conducted from 1 October - 30 November 2021. The program included physical activity and nutrition module, health screening, body composition, fitness test and mental health screening. The participants were divided into 2 main groups, namely the normal BMI group dan overweight/obesity group. Individual that successfully reduced and achieved the targeted weight will be given a reward. Results: There was a total of 471 participants registered for the program. From the 471, 78% were found to be overweight / obese and 22% were in normal body mass index. 30% (n=149) of these participants follow through until the end of program. 78% from 149 were overweight/obese and 22% were in normal body mass index. From this 78% (n=117), 85% lost at least 1kg of body weight; 5% had a 10% reduction from their original body weight; 11% reached normal body mass index; 63% had reduction in body fat percentage. Discussion: This program was designed to be a hybrid weight management program, where most of the participants will attend theory classes for healthy eating through online platform, and conduct their own physical activity session. One of the monitoring systems on physical activity was the BookDoc application where the overweight and obese participants need to achieve 300000 steps in 60days. Diet recall and advice on diet history were conducted via online, so that participants can learn more about their daily diet. The challenges in this program being the drop out rate of almost 70%. Most of the participants not being able to come for the final measurement of body composition was caused by being a Covid-19 patient or subject to home quarantine due to being a close contact. Being a hybrid program although can be beneficial, but also depend a lot on the participant connectivity and internet usage. As a conclusion, weight management program which focuses on behavioral changes, will need a more holistic approach for participants to be more adherence to the intended program.},
howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Labuan State Health Department, Ministry of Health Malaysia},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}