BACKGROUND :As the world become more modern, there is an increase in the incidence of obesity in children aged 5 to 12 years. Causes of obesity consists of a variety of factors such as environmental factors, increased of sedentary behavior, an imbalance of energy, and emotional factors. This study aims to describe the relationship of environmental factors on the incidence of overweight and obesity in children grade IV and V in SDN Pademangan Timur 01 North Jakarta.
METHODS :: The study design used was cross sectional. Subjects in this research were grade IV and V students of SDN Pademangan Timur 01, North Jakarta. Body weight and height of the subjects were measured with weigher and microtoise. The factors such as physical activity, eating behavior, family education, duration of use of media, and media advertising were measured with the Questionnaire. The statistical analyses used is Chi-square.
RESULTS : The result shows that there is a significant association between physical activity in family environment and obesity (p<0,05), there is a significant association between eating behavior in family environtment and obesity (p<0,05), there is a significant association between duration of use of media and obesity (p<0,05), there is no significant association between family education and obesity (p>0,05) and there is no significant association between media advertising and obesity (p>0,05).
CONCLUSION : This research shows that there is a significant association between physical activity, eating behavior and duration of use of media and obesity in children. |