Open AccessEffect of modified physiology laboratory sessions on the awareness and knowledge of obesity of health-related university students
Author(s) -
Talay Yar,
Basil Abdulrahman Al-Shaikh,
Nazish Rafique,
Ahmed A Alsunni
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/jfcm.jfcm_301_19
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , medical education , physiology
Obesity is a global health problem of immense magnitude. Increased awareness and knowledge about obesity in health-care providers are essential to addressing this global issue. The aim of the present study was to assess the baseline knowledge on obesity of university students in health-related programs and evaluate the effectiveness of modified physiology laboratory (MPL) sessions in enhancing the awareness of obesity of these students by repeated exposure to physiological differences between normal weight (NW) and overweight or obese (OW/OB) individuals.