Asian J Beauty Cosmetol. 2011; 9: 0.
Impact of a compound obesity treatment program using high frequency, vacuum suction and a trans-theoretical model on abdominal obesity
ABSTRACT
This research is aimed to study impact of a multi complex machine treatment and nutritional education
to women with central obesity on their body composition and dietary habits. In addition, the
research was to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight control program using the 4 components of
the trans-theoretical model ― a phase of behavioral changes, a process of behavioral changes,
self-efficacy and decisional balance. We divided research subjects into 2 groups: a group which underwent
the machine treatment and nutritional education (Education High Frequency and Suction
Machine Group, hereinafter referred to as the group EHSM) and a group which underwent only the
machine treatment (High Frequency and Suction Machine Group, hereinafter referred to as the group
HSM). Both the two groups received the multi complex machine program using high frequency,
vacuum suction and thermotherapy for 55 minutes twice a week. The group EHSM additionally underwent
the nutritional education using the process of behavioral changes of the trans-theoretical
model. After the 6-week abdominal obesity treatment, the both groups showed a significant decline
in their body composition and energy intake (*p<.05,**p<.01,***p<.001), and for self-efficacy and
decisional balance, the group EHSM showed a change in the more positive direction than the group
HSM. Therefore, we concluded that the combination of abdominal obesity treatment program and the
systematic nutritional education for improving eating habits was more effective in the program's reproducibility
and weight control than carrying out just the machine therapy.
Keywords :
Trans theoretical model, Abdominal obesity, Dietary behavior & Self efficacy, High frequency, Vacuum decompression
