<![CDATA[Background: Patients with overweight or obesity occur in developing countries with more than 115million people. The percentage of the elderly who are overweight and obese has increased quite high. Itwas shown that the increase in the elderly affected by overweight and obesity was 2.51%-9.64% in eacheach age category. Objective: This study aims to see and measure behavioral changes in the influence ofphysical activity on weight loss in overweight individuals, especially in late-age adults and early elderly.Methods: This study used a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test. The research methodused purposive sampling. The knowledge variable used a knowledge questionnaire about physicalactivity, while the physical activity attitude variable was measured using the IPAQ questioner. A total of30 respondents, 10 respondents on infographic educational media, 10 respondents on calendar media,and 10 respondents on video media. Body weight data was measured before and after being giveneducational media during the study period. Data were processed using Wilcoxon test and paired samplet-test. Results: The results showed an increase in knowledge and changes in physical activity attitudes ineach respondent characterized by p-value results <0.05. Conclusion: Physical activity education mediahas a positive effect on increasing knowledge and changing physical activity attitudes in individuals indoing regular physical activit]]>
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