Factors Causing Obesity in the Diet of Rural Adolescents in the Regency of South Minahasa

Ranti, Irza N. and Legi, Nonce Nova and Montol, Ana B. (2020) Factors Causing Obesity in the Diet of Rural Adolescents in the Regency of South Minahasa. PROCEEDING 2ND MANADO HEALTH POLYTECHNIC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (ORAL). ISSN 978.623.93457.0.9

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Abstract

Obesity was a health problem that should be immediately observed because it has become a global epidemic. The problem ofobesity was a health problem related to nutritional status, but obesity is often ignored despite the apparent exposure to healthproblems compared to poor or bad nutritional status. The risk of suffering obesity was generally in urban adolescents causedlifestyle. The studied aims to determine the factors causing obesity in the diet of rural adolescents in South Minahasa regencyThis research used this type of research in the form of descriptive research with survey study method that was a research surveywhich only describes the phenomenon or variable of research studied. Sampling was done by purposive sampling, where sampling was based on certain features that are considered to have a close to the population characteristics that have been knownbefore. The results of this study show that the characteristics of respondents are mostly 16 years old and female sex with Z-score + 2 is the nutritional status of obesity. The results showed that frequencies often consume foods and beverages trigger obesityi.e. food carbohydrate sources, proteins, fats, fast food, snacks, and beverages containing high sugar. Advice for teenage obesityto pay attention to the frequency of food consumption that triggers obesity.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Penelitian
Depositing User:	Admin Poltekkes
Date Deposited:	21 Apr 2023 12:37
Last Modified:	21 Apr 2023 12:37
URI:	http://repository.poltekkes-manado.ac.id/id/eprint/978

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