Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Obesity is a leading preventable cause of death worldwide, with increasing prevalence in adults and children, and authorities view it as one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century. Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have adverse effects on health leading to reduced life expectancy and/ or increased health problems. Body mass index (BMI), a measurement which compares weight and height, defines people as overweight (pre obese) when their BMI is between 25kg/m2, and obese when it is greater than 30 kg / m2.1. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the knowledge of women regarding obesity. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme in lifestyle modification and control of obesity 3. To determine the association between the post test knowledge levels with the selected demographic variables. METHODOLOGY: Evaluative approach, One group pre-test, post-test research design was selected for the present study. 30 obese women was selected through Purposive sampling technique. RESULT: knowledge score of obese women about obesity was 30 with a maximum score of 30 and least score 0. The scores ranging from 0-10 fall under below average knowledge of obese women about obesity and were 05 (16.67%) in the posttest as compared to 24 (80.00%) in the pretest. The scores ranged between 11-20 indicate average knowledge of obese women about obesity and were 19 (63.33%) in the posttest as compared to 06 (20.00%) in the pretest. Obese women and scores ranged between 21-30 indicated above average knowledge about obesity 06 (20.00%) in the posttest as compared to none in the pre test. CONCLUSION: The present study is aiming at
creating the awareness among the obese women about obesity As per peplau’s theory one of the roles of the psychiatric nurse is to educate the individual since obesity is more prevalent among women than men which lead to depression with suicidal feelings. So an attempt is made to create awareness as well as lifestyle modification among women with obesity. Hence the present study is planned to educate the women in community regarding prevalence and causes, effects and awareness of obesity.

Key words: Effectiveness, structured teaching programme, control of obesity, obese women