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Enhancing health-related physical fitness in rural black overweight and obese women with manifest risk factors for multimorbidity through community-based mind-body (tae-bo) physical activity intervention
4th Annual Congress on Mental Health
Musa L Mathunjwa
University of Zululand, South Africa
ScientificTracks Abstracts: Int J Emerg Ment Health
Abstract
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) stand as the foremost cause of global mortality, exerting a particularly pronounced impact on low- and middle-income nations and rural populations. In response, this study endeavors to ascertain the potential of a community-based mind鈥揵ody physical activity (PA) program, introduced within a resource-limited context, to enhance health-related physical fitness outcomes. Focused on black adult women with overweight or obesity (25 卤 4.7 years) and a body mass index (BMI) exceeding 25 kg.m鈭�2, drawn from a rural South African settlement with discernible risk factors for multimorbidity, participants were allocated either to a 10-week waiting-to-treat non-exercising control group (n = 65) or to a community-based mind鈥揵ody program (n = 60) involving thrice-weekly, 45鈥�60 minute sessions of Tae-Bo. The intervention yielded statistically significant enhancements (p 鈮� 0.05) in body weight (p = 0.043), BMI (p = 0.037), as well as waist (p = 0.031) and hip circumferences (p = 0.040). Notable improvements were also evident in flexibility at both mid- and post-program assessments (p = 0.033 and p = 0.025, respectively), alongside augmented static balance (mid: p = 0.022; post: p = 0.019), hand grip strength (mid: p = 0.034; post: p = 0.029), situp performance (mid: p = 0.021; post: p = 0.018), and cardiorespiratory endurance (mid: p = 0.017; post: p = 0.011). Conversely, no significant change in the sum of skinfolds emerged following program completion (p = 0.057). The findings underscore the potential of a community-based mind鈥揵ody program to ameliorate health-related physical fitness, thus providing a means to mitigate health disparities and foster positive improvements in resource-limited communities, regardless of the impediments to engagement.Biography
Dr. Musa Lewis Mathunjwa is an esteemed senior lecturer in the Human Movement Science Department at the University of Zululand (UniZulu). As a dedicated scholar, Dr. Mathunjwa has assumed the role of Project Investigator for the pioneering PALLAR Project. He also mentors a cohort of aspiring scholars, overseeing the academic journeys of three PhD candidates and six master's students.
