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Krishna C. Poudel

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Unnecessary Dieting Intention And Behavior Among Female Students In Naha City, Japan, Khin Zay Yar Myint, Daisuke Nonaka, Masamine Jimba, Keiko Nanishi, Krishna C. Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Masaya Miyagi, Masaki Shinjo, Jun Kobayashi Mar 2015

Unnecessary Dieting Intention And Behavior Among Female Students In Naha City, Japan, Khin Zay Yar Myint, Daisuke Nonaka, Masamine Jimba, Keiko Nanishi, Krishna C. Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Masaya Miyagi, Masaki Shinjo, Jun Kobayashi

Krishna C. Poudel

Weight concerns and dieting are prevalent among female adolescents both in Western and Asian countries. They can result in negative psychological and physiological consequences. This study aimed to examine the relative importance of social and personal facts on the decision to diet of female adolescent students in Japan, applying the Theory of Planned Behavior. Data were collected from 5 junior high schools and 3 high schools in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture, in 2010, through self-administered questionnaires. The data of 756 female students were assessed. The independent variables included social factor variables (norms) and personal factor variables (attitude to dieting, perceived …


Health-Related Quality Of Life, Depression, And Self-Esteem In Adolescents With Leprosy-Affected Parents: Results Of A Cross-Sectional Study In Nepal, Nobuko Yamaguchi, Krishna C. Poudel, Masamine Jimba Dec 2012

Health-Related Quality Of Life, Depression, And Self-Esteem In Adolescents With Leprosy-Affected Parents: Results Of A Cross-Sectional Study In Nepal, Nobuko Yamaguchi, Krishna C. Poudel, Masamine Jimba

Krishna C. Poudel

Background: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that has an impact on the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) of sufferers as well as their children. To date, no study has investigated the effects of parental leprosy on the well-being of adolescent children.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Lalitpur and Kathmandu districts of Nepal. Adolescents with leprosy-affected parents (n = 102; aged 11–17 years) and those with parents unaffected by leprosy (n = 115; 11–17 years) were investigated. Self-reported data from adolescents were collected using the Kinder Lebensqualität Fragebogen (KINDLR) questionnaire to assess HRQOL, the Center for Epidemiological …