Physical activity and sedentary lifestyle towards teenagers’ overweight/obesity status

2016-03-04T02-17-17Z
Source: International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
Septi Viantri Kurdaningsih, Toto Sudargo, Lely Lusmilasari.
Background: The prevalence of obesity and overweight that caused by genetic factor and environment factors, like physical activity and sedentary lifestyle, increased continually, not only in children and teenagers who live in developed countries, but also in developing countries. Aim of this research was to understand the relation of physical activity and sedentary lifestyle towards teenagers overweight/obesity status of State Senior High School in Yogyakarta City, Indonesia. Methods: This research was an observational research using cross-sectional method. Samples in this research were 184 State Senior High School students in Yogyakarta between July-August 2015 with proportional stratified random sampling method. Data was analyzed using chi-square test and multiple logistic regressions. Results: There was relation between physical activity and overweight/obesity (p


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