PURPOSE: This study aimed to explore the direction of nutrition management and education for adolescent athletes based on transtheoretical model (TTM).METHODS: cross-sectional was conducted 205 male using questionnaires in Seoul Gyeonggi provinces. Differences nutritional indices, dietary behaviors, self-efficacies were compared according stage behavior change, significance verified analysis va...

This integrative study investigated the generalization of the transtheoretical model across 12 problem behaviors. The cross-sectional comparisons involved relationships between two key constructs of the model, the stages of change and decisional balance. The behaviors studied were smoking cessation, quitting cocaine, weight control, high-fat diets, adolescent delinquent behaviors, safer sex, co...

Background. The overweight population may benefit from Transtheoretical Model-based interventions focusing on regular moderate exercise. Current stages of change measures assessing regular moderate exercise specific to an overweight population (BMI $25) are lacking. This study examined the validity of a staging algorithm for moderate exercise for the purposes of healthy weight management. Metho...

OBJECTIVE To assess the nutritional and dietetic profile of freshman Nutrition undergraduate students, and its association with stages of changes (Transtheoretical Model) for fruit and vegetable intake. METHODS Demographic (age and gender), anthropometric (body mass index and waist circumference) and nutritional (pattern of fruit and vegetable intake) data were obtained. The Transtheoretical ...

BACKGROUND Most adults in primary care are overweight or obese; two thirds of patients with weight problems have other obesity-related conditions. The study objective was to explore the feasibility of a primary care obesity intervention based on the transtheoretical model (TM) of behavior change and principles of chronic disease (CD) care. METHODS A prospective study of the initial version of...

The Transtheoretical Model (TTM, the "stage model") can guide development of programs to increase Medicare beneficiaries' readiness to make informed health plan choices. In this study, TTM staging algorithms were developed to assess readiness to engage in three types of informed choice: (1) learning about the Medicare program; (2) learning about Medicare health maintenance organizations (HMOs);...