HUBUNGAN AKTIVITAS FISIK DENGAN KEJADIAN OBESITAS PADA ORANG DEWASA DI INDONESIA (Analisis Data Riskesdas 2007)

The enhancement of social economy status and the life style changes, including changes in eating habitsand reduction of physical activities, increased overweight and obesity prevalence. This paper aims tostudy the association between physical activity and adult obesity in Indonesia. This research used BasicHealth Research (Riset Kesehatan Dasar) 2007 data with cross-sectional design. The populations were allhousehold members aged ≥ 18 years, whereas the samples were all household members aged ≥ 18,physically and mentally healthy, non-pregnant, and their BMI were at least 18.5 kg/m2. The respondent wasobese if his/her BMI was at least 18.5 kg/m2. Physical activity was assessed with questions about its type(vigorous and moderate) and its duration per week. Logistic regression was used to study the relationshipbetween physical activity and adult obesity. The result showed that Obesity prevalence (BMI>27kg/m2) inadult was 12.47% (CI 95%: 12.28 – 12.66). The result showed tthere was a relationship between physicalactivity and adult obesity, controlled by confounder variable (area, age, sex, marital status, education,occupation, and smoking habits). People who had low level of physical activity had more risk to be obesethan those who had high level physical activity. It has been recommended that to reduce the risk of beingobese, it is advisable to have sufficient physical activity such as walking, jogging, running, and biking. Itis also necessary for the Ministry of Health to develop guidance of sufficient physical activity