continuing professional development activity for dietitians

SAJCN CPD activity No 30 - April 2005

"Big is beautiful" an exploration with urban black community health workers in a South African township

CPD Ref number: DT 05/3/019/12

ANSWER SHEET (Answers appear in BOLD)

1. Which non-medical factor(s) contribute to obesity?
   1. Environmental
   2. Behavioural
   3. Poverty
   4. Low education
   5. All of the above
2. The role of CHWs in reducing risk for chronic diseases of lifestyle is:
   1. Policy making
   2. Research
   3. Providing health care services
   4. Health promotion
3. Indicate the number of CHWs who lived in informal shacks:
   1. 20%
   2. 50%
   3. 80%
   4. 100%
4. Indicate the total number of CHWs who were obese:
   1. 15
   2. 40
   3. 22
   4. 42
5. A woman with a BMI of 27 kg/m 2 is admired more than a thin or average weight woman.
   1. True
   2. False
6. Skipping breakfast is believed, by some CHWs, to be a cause of overweight.
   1. True
   2. False
7. Overweight women are given greater respect in the community.
   1. True
   2. False
8. CHWs believe that advantages to being overweight are:
   1. People think you don’t have HIV or are healthy
   2. People think you are pregnant
   3. Clothing is less expensive
   4. You are not strong
9. The percentage of CHWs whose perceived themselves to be normal weight when their actual BMI was shown be overweight was:
   1. 0%
   2. 90.7%
   3. 11%
   4. 20%
   5. 4.7%
10. The study suggests that black women may be exposed to conflicting messages about desirable body image.
    1. True
    2. False
11. People prefer to be overweight than to be thin as thinness is associated with:
    1. Attractiveness
    2. Exercises
    3. Personal problems
    4. Feminity
12. The beliefs and attitudes of CHWs about body weight are more easily transferred to the people living around them than health professionals who do not live in the community.
    1. True
    2. False