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Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality over the world, which is approximately 17.9 million patients’ death in 2019 or 32% of all deaths worldwide. Atherosclerosis formation due to accumulated plaques in the tunica intima of vascular walls underlies the pathogenesis of cardiovascular...

Hormonal contraception is one of the most popular method to prevent the pregnancy. Several studies have reported a significant increase in body weight during hormonal contraception. It can also affect thyroid hormone which plays a role in basal metabolism, energy expenditure and weight. This study aims...

Stroke imposes an immense burden on healthcare systems across the globe as a leading cause for mortality and permanent disablement. The condition occurs by an alteration in blood flow to the brain that results in neurological damage. As a result, early and accurate pre- diction of stroke risk is critical...

This research is conducted to study the comparison of Body Mass Index class against motor performance towards 7-year-old boys in Malaysia. This study will become guide to parents, government, dietitian and pediatrician to monitor the motor development process of 7-year-old kids. This study aims to compare...

Adolescents represent a strategic group in the development of human resources; however, their nutritional status in Bontang City continues to face significant challenges. Although administrative achievements such as Child Identity Card (CIC) ownership reached 82.4% by 2025, health data reveal that 27%...

Obesity is an important public health concern, and may has an effect on workers' income, occupational status and labor supply. This study examines data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), and discusses the direct effect, social capital effect, human capital effect and discrimination effect...

The Pegringsingan weaving work position is by sitting on the floor with a simple mat and legs straight to the front and done for 6 to 8 hours per day. Low physical activity or sedentary lifestyle can increase the prevalence of obesity which is a risk factor for non-communicable diseases. Body Mass Index...

The prevalence of overweight and obesity has doubling globally including Indonesia. Adolescence is a golden period of nutritional intervention in the lifecycle. Objective: This study aimed to examine the prevalence and to identify the associated factors of over nutrition among Indonesian adolescent based...

In order to maximize performance during physical exercise, we need to choose foods that contain carbohydrates, protein, and fat, and eat them at the right time. The purpose of this research is to develop the application “Let’s SeGar” which has the function of adding insight into the ideal height and...

This study aimed to determine the profile of physical condition by measuring the level of physical illness and physiology of Taekwondo athletes in the Situbondo Regency. A total of 8 athletes as research subjects. The study results consisted of physical conditions, which were divided based on anthropometrics...

Objective: To analyze the relationship between LILA and BMI with the incidence of anemia in pregnant women at Bilu Banjarmasin River Health Center. Method: This research uses quantitative analysis method with Chi-Square statistical test and Crosssectional design. The population in this study were all...

Body dissatisfaction is a problem that disrupts various areas of an individual's life and causes psychological effects that may lead to malfunction in some areas of life. Body dissatisfaction itself is a trajectory that begins in adolescence and peaks in early adulthood. Emerging adulthood is typically...

Limited research has been conducted to investigate mental state associated with obesity level in China, where obesity has been increasing. This study investigated association of one kind of mental state, love status, with obesity level among Chinese college students. We used BMI (body mass index= weight/height2)...

It is well established that sedentary behavior is associated with obesity, quality of life, all-cause, and cardiovascular death. Along with the COVID-19 pandemic, sedentary behavior is increasing. This study aims to describe sedentary activity among school-aged children. Participants of this study were...

Body weight in adolescents, especially among college students, has generally increased. It is feared to increase the risk of obesity. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between Physical Activity, Type of Transportation, and Distance of Residence of the students and their Body...

Midlife people tend to gain weight with age, contributing to poor health. Personality traits are often linked to health outcomes that have adverse effects. The ways of thinking, feeling, and acting summed up by broad personality traits may make people more likely to become obese. The results of previous...

It has been clearly observed that Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, which is also known as T2DM, is rising tremendously on a global scale, which not only needs accuracy to detect at an early stage, but also requires sound ethical practices. As per traditional statistical methods, it seems difficult to handle...

The IoT-based Telemedicine System for Medical Checkups offers a comprehensive medical examination designed to assess overall health, identify risk factors, and detect potential health disorders that could develop into diseases. This research aims to develop a prototype Medical Checkup Station using the...

The early diagnosis and healthcare monitoring, is one of the major health concerns in worldwide. In order to develop precise model that classify the diabetes machine learning offers numerous algorithms. The machine learning techniques promised for detection of diabetes as fast as and also its cost effective...

Nutritional disorders in childhood may cause a decrease in motor abilities and increased morbidity and mortality in adulthood. Since nutritional status can influence the expression of children’s motor capacities, a study has been carried out in order to examine differences in motor abilities of children...

The present study assesses the health status and key health determinants of Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities residing in eastern Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), particularly in the districts of Sonbhadra, Varanasi, Deoria, Ghazipur, and Ballia. Despite constitutional safeguards and welfare measures, significant...

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a frightening type of disease because DM causes complications for the patients if it is not treated quickly. From year to year DM in Indonesia undergone a significant increase and was ranked 6th in the world. In this study, a fuzzy logic system was created for the early diagnosis...

Uncontrolled hypertension increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Longitudinal studies comparing the effect of BMI and waist circumference with the prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension is limited. This study aims to compare the effects of obesity using BMI and waist circumference...

Obesity, an excessive accumulation of fat in the body tissues, can occur throughout the body or in a certain part of the body, such as in the abdominal area known as central/abdominal obesity. Fat distribution in the body can be measured by using anthropometry conducted by measuring Body Mass Index (BMI),...

L-histidine plays an important role in the growth of infants and young children as well as positively improves insulin resistance through suppressed inflammation. The study aimed to investigate the relationship between L-histidine levels and obesity and evaluate the feasibility of L-histidine as an important...

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of Fartlek and Plyometric exercises on increasing body immunity and to investigate the differences in immunity between high and low BMI groups. Additionally, the study aimed to explore the effects of different types of exercises for each BMI group and...

Obesity has come up to light as the most vital health concerns of the current century, which is leading towards many diseases. According to the WHO (2022), globally obesity has become three times in the last 50 years, which is 1 out of 8 people is having obesity in adults. It is no longer viewed as a...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine differences in the characteristics of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients between those who have complications and those who do not have complications. Method: Participants in this study were type 2 DM patients (n = 41). Member of Prolanis South...

Sleep disorders become a public health issue in view of the association with numerous detrimental physical, cognitive, and emotional outcomes. The problem has been focused on toward predicting and classifying medical conditions related to late-night sleeping habits through supervised machine learning...

Objective : This research aims to see the relation between diet behavior education to change of obesity patients dietary behavior. Method : This research design is quantitative with before-after method to test the effect of giving proper dietary behavior to change in the diet behavior of obesity patients....

The main problem for any clubs is to identify players who are likely to benefit from a more structured approach to talent development. Based on exposure problems, the author intends to examine about the identification and development of Talent Sports football games based on the position of the 2018 PSGC...

Obesity could increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, and now it is the first comorbid for COVID-19. It occurs chronically because of the positive energy balance. Body mass index (BMI) is related to the amount of fat. This index can predict how the burden of obesity might affect everyone in the...

Using the literature, physical fitness test, mathematical statistics and other methods, researchers carried out body test and analysis of the swimming association members who have been swimming all the year round in Heyuan City. The results showed that after annual swimming, the BMI of swimmers was slightly...

The purpose of this study was to determine the ability of curcumin for accelerating the recovery process after peripheral fatigue in human; as well as lactate clearance (LC), decrease of heart rate (DHR) and the recovery of vertical jump performance identified by the leg power (LP) and jump height (JH)....

The number of obese individuals has risen to alarming levels throughout the world and today obesity can be considered an illness that causes numerous diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease. Effective Obesity classification can help in early detection of the disease and better planning of...

Background: Sedentary lifestyle is characterized lifestyle by low physical activity. The material impact of a sedentary life are the incidence of overweight and obesity in adolescents, so it can reduce cardiometabolic risk factors, especially blood pressure, and myopia. Then, the psychological impact...

The issue in this research is the low level of FIK UNP students’ physical condition. The aim of this research to determine the relationship between nutritional status and students’ physical condition. This is a correlational research design involving 17 students of FIK UNP. Nutritional status data were...

Objective: To Analyze the relationship of physical activity with a BMI in the client with coronary heart disease.Method: Quantitative research with cross sectional approach. The study population was a client with Coronary Heart Disease in the Policlinic of the Ulin General Hospital Banjarmasin with the...

Background Pre-employment health assessments represent a valuable yet underutilized opportunity for preventive care in university workforces. Objectives This study developed a machine learning–based framework to (i) predict...

Truck drivers constitute a highly vulnerable population with very limited opportunities for healthy foods and healthy eating choices. This cross-sectional study assessed the utility of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) in understanding and predicting healthy eating intention among Midwestern truck...

In this paper, we use the existing pima indians diabetes database to estimate the population prevalence of patients with diabetes by using the confidence interval estimators, which the result is 31.52% to 38.27%. At the same time, we use multivariable linear regression statistical analysis to find out...

Fulfillment of energy needs and nutrients was a major factor that could optimized the nutritional status of athletes in order to improve their performance. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between energy and macronutrients intake with the nutritional status of young athletes in Education...

Background: Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by reduced bone mass (density) and changes in the micro-architecture of bone tissue so that bone strength decreases and bone fragility increases (Menkes RI, 2008). Calcium intake is one of the determining factors in bone mass formation and has an effect...

Virtual Reality (VR) has grown with the development of computer Graphics (CG). In recent years, VR technology is expected to develop in various fields such as medical, welfare, education, training, tourism, business, entertainment, and so on. This paper aims at intuitive operation by focusing on troublesome...

Formulas for body fat percentage such as the Siri and U.S. Navy methods require multiple measurements or assumptions about body density, making them less practical in everyday settings. Therefore, Body Mass Index (BMI) has been widely used to estimate obesity and body fat pacentage; however BMI’s accuracy...

Bismaleimide(BMI) structural foams employing carbon naotubes (CNTs) as functional fillers were prepared in this paper. Physical dispersion methods, such as mechanical mixing, ball milling and calendering process (three-roll milling), were adopted to disperse CNTs in the bismaleimide matrix to foam. The...

The prevalence of breast cancer at Dr. Moewardi Hospital is currently ranked first on oncology cases at 18.92%. Chemotherapy is effective in fighting cancer cells, reducing tumor size, and giving a good prognosis in patients. Side effects of chemotherapy are indigestion with a manifestation of decreased...

The purpose of the study was to clarify the effects of physical activity on physical fitness. The study was conducted undercomparative study design. The participants of the study were 322 sophomore students (92 male students, 230 female students, 23.5 years old). Physical fitness was measured by Fitnessgram...

Although the health effects of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy are still unclear, it is important to identify the predictors and motivational factors involved in women’s decision to observe the fast. We investigated these factors in a cross sectional study of 187 pregnant Muslim women who attended antenatal...

The present of this study was to assess the World Health Organization (WHO) and Asia-Pacific Body Mass Index (BMI) classification differences in Indonesia Children’s. The research method used is cross-sectional study. A total of 2936 Indonesian children’s and adolescents between 7 and 17 years of age...