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The Influence of Community Services on the Body Mass Index on Youths Living in a Rural Community

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  • International Journal of Science and Engineering Investigations

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  • 2017

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The focus of this study was to investigate the influence of community services on the Body Mass Index (BMI) on youths living in a rural community. This study explored/investigated The Expanded Obesity Research Paradigm framework supported the community assessment and intervention model employed in this study. AACORN's Expanded Obesity Research Paradigm was used as a conceptual lens of data analysis in this study. The researchers calculated BMI from the measured heights and weights of participants using the following equation: BMI=(weight in kg)/ (height in m2) where kg = kilograms and m = meters. A Likert-type scale was also implemented in the study. A total of 84 youths participated in the study; 53 out of 84 or 63% were boys and 31 out of 84 or 37% were girls. The study found that only 16.40% of the 420 African American students completing the Texas Youth Risk Behavior Survey were at or above the 95th percentile for BMI. The study also found that 18% of participants living in the rural community of this study were obese. The implication of this study was to underscore and to educate the youths, parents, adults the health care leaderships about the importance of participating in available communities’ services as public health modalities; which could eventually bring some “positive social changes” to the community in particular and possibly other in general.
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www.IJSEI.com Paper ID: 66617-05
ISSN: 2251-8843
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