Open AccessNutrition education via “instagram” and motivational interviewing for weight loss motivation and physical activity in obese female students
Author(s) -
María Amalia,
Fillah Fithra Dieny,
Alfianto Candra,
Nuryanto Nuryanto,
A. Fahmy Arif Tsani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
food research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2550-2166
DOI - 10.26656/fr.2017.5(s3).004
Subject(s) - motivational interviewing , mann–whitney u test , physical activity , psychology , weight loss , analysis of variance , obesity , interview , physical education , medicine , physical therapy , randomized controlled trial , mathematics education , political science , law
Nutrition education and motivational interviewing are methods to increase motivation, asessential factors in increasing physical activity. The purpose of this study was todetermine the effect of nutrition education via Instagram and motivational interviewing,on weight loss motivation and physical activity of obese female students. This study wasquasi-experimental with a pre-post-controlled group design that involved thirty-sevenobese female students aged 18-23 years at Universitas Diponegoro, selected byproportional stratified sampling. Subjects were divided into three groups, P1 was givennutrition education via Instagram for 30 days (ED) and motivational interviewing fourtimes (MI), P2 was given ED only, and the control (K) was given a leaflet. Weight lossmotivation was measured using a healthy diet motivation questionnaire, and physicalactivity (PA) was measured using IPAQ-SF. Data were analyzed using one way ANOVA,Kruskal Wallis, paired t-test, Wilcoxon, and Mann Whitney. There was an increase in themean of weight loss motivation that highest in group P1 (109.86 into 126.43), followed bygroup P2 (114.85 into 121.69) and group K (105.30 into 112.90). The highest increase inthe mean of total physical activity was in the P1 group (1341 to 2572), the P2 group (1761to 2378), and the K group decreased (3404 to 1987) in METs units. There was asignificant difference in the mean change in total physical activity and moderate physicalactivity between P1 and P2 groups when compared to the K group.