الفهرس 
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Abstract
Overweight and obesity are increasing all over the globe
including Egypt and more among women. O b jectives : It aimed to
implement a health promotion intervention for 6 months to reduce weight
through improving knowledge, life style behavior related to obesity and
physical activity patterns. Meth ods : The study was an interventional and
took place in an urban primary health care center in Fayoum governorate
including 156 overweight and obese women. R esu lts : The intervention
was evaluated 2 times , the first one immediately at the end of the
intervention, where mean weight of participants reduced by 9.5% of
original weight due to significant improvement in knowledge, dietary
habits behaviors .Physical activity levels were significantly improved after
Physical activity counseling as, moderate active participants increased from
62.5% to 70% of the sample. The second evaluation was done 1 year after
the intervention and included 83 participants .It resulted in increase in mean
body weight of participant with .1%. Long term effect of health promotion
intervention was maintained when health dietary habits mainly as eating
infixing time and eating snacks of low calories. The second evaluation also
done by research team using sustainability questionnaire, where 40 % of
them totally agreed on inclusion of nutritional into PHC services
Con c lus ion : Inclusion of nutritional programs halting obesity into PHC
services is recommended for their impact in reducing weight through
improving health nutrition & dietary habits knowledge and behaviors.