Proceedings of the 2nd Public Health International Conference (PHICo 2017)

The Relationship of Eating Habits, Physical Activities, Food Choises with Obesity among Students in Public Senior High School Medan

Authors
Vera Chitra Dewi Saragih, Etti Sudaryati, R. Kintoko Rochadi
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Vera Chitra Dewi Saragih
Available Online December 2017.
DOI
10.2991/phico-17.2018.39How to use a DOI?
Keywords
eating habits; physical activities; food choices; obesity; students
Abstract

The prevalence of obese adolescents aged 16-18 in Indonesia is 1.6%, in North Sumatra Province is 1.4%, and in Medan is 3.18%. In school children, the incidence of obesity becomes a serious problem because it will continue until they grow up. The purpose of this research was to analyze the relationship of eating habits, physical activities and food choices with obesity among high school students. This research was an analytic research with case control design. Population were students of Public Senior High School 3 (SMA Negeri 3) Medan. Sample size based on observational research formula with case control design were 70 obese students and 70 students who are not obese. The independent variables were eating habits, physical activity, food choices, while dependent variable was obesity. Data was collected by using the questionnaire and statistically analyzed using chi-square test. All independent variables were significantly associated (p < 0.05) and risk factors for obesity in adolescent, eating habits (OR = 2.72; CI: 1.37 to 5.41); physical activities (OR = 2.40; CI: 1.02 to 5.59); food choices (OR = 2.90; CI: 1.45 to 5.81. It meant that there was a significant relationship of eating habits, physical activities, food choices with obesity.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd Public Health International Conference (PHICo 2017)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
December 2017
ISBN
978-94-6252-522-1
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/phico-17.2018.39How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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