Proceedings of the U-Go Healthy International Conference, U-Go Healthy 2020, 29 March 2020, Pacitan, East Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Risk Factors Of Central Obesity Among Female Students

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.29-3-2020.2314991,
        author={Kartika  Pibriyanti and Fathimah  Fathimah and Susi  Nurohmi and Safira Kholifatul Ummah},
        title={Risk Factors Of Central Obesity Among Female Students},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the U-Go Healthy International Conference, U-Go Healthy 2020, 29 March 2020, Pacitan, East Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={U-GO HEALTHY},
        year={2022},
        month={9},
        keywords={central obesity female students fruit and vegetable consumption pattern mental emotional state nutritiona status physical activity},
        doi={10.4108/eai.29-3-2020.2314991}
    }
    
  • Kartika Pibriyanti
    Fathimah Fathimah
    Susi Nurohmi
    Safira Kholifatul Ummah
    Year: 2022
    Risk Factors Of Central Obesity Among Female Students
    U-GO HEALTHY
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.29-3-2020.2314991
Kartika Pibriyanti1,*, Fathimah Fathimah1, Susi Nurohmi1, Safira Kholifatul Ummah1
  • 1: Nutrition Department, Faculty of Health Science, University of Darussalam Gontor
*Contact email: dkartika.02@gmail.com

Abstract

Central obesity is an excessive fat in abdominal cavity, wrapping around abdominal organs and considered as risk factor for several chronic diseases such as atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, gallstones, pulmonary disoder, hypertension and dyslipidemia. Several factors, like low physical activity, mental emotional, less consumption of fruits and can cause obesity. This study aimed to identify the risk factors for obesity in female college students. This research used case control design and purposive sampling technique. Subjects participated in this research were 94 female students classified as normal and central obesity. Statistical analysis used Chi Square test to analyze correlation between variables. The results showed that risk factors for obesity were vegetable consumption patterns (p = 0,000; OR = 7.71) and fruit consumption patterns (p = 0.002; OR = 3.71). Nutritional knowledge (p = 0.835; OR = 1.09), physical activity (p = 0.748; OR = 0.81), and mental emotional state (p = 0.391; OR = 0.69) were neither related nor a risk factor for central obesity. Low consumption of vegetables and fruits was risk factor for obesity among female students, while nutrition knowledge, physical activity and mental emotional state were not risk factors for obesity among female students.