LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF OBESITY IN ADULTS
Alfiyyah Izzah Mujahidah 1*, Uswatun Khasanah 2*

Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta

Abstract

Background: The problem of nutrition is currently one of the problems that must get serious attention due to the increasing prevalence of obesity rates that occur throughout the world and has increased drastically every year. A person^s lack of awareness of the condition or not accepting that he is obese is one of the barriers to being able to make changes to a healthy lifestyle, so that a person^s unawareness of his condition tends to be a negative clinical outcome.
Objectives: Analyze the was to determine the level of awareness of obesity in adults in RW 008 Parungpanjang Bogor
Methods: The research method uses descriptive quantitative. The number of samples with simple random sampling.
Results: The results showed that the awareness of respondents tended to agree related to the obesity they experienced at this time.
Conclusion: This research is expected to be used to increase public awareness related to obesity which is then continued by holding obesity management programs such as a healthy diet program and joint physical activity so that degenerative diseases do not occur in sufferers.

Keywords: Obesity, Awareness, Adult

Topic: Health Education and Behavioral Sciences