Fast food consumption and obesity: Relationship among elementary school students in Yogyakarta

  • Djauhar Ismail Department Child Health, Medical School, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta
  • E. S. Herini Department Child Health, Medical School, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta
  • Pudjo Hagung Department Child Health, Medical School, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta
  • Tonny Sadjimin Department Child Health, Medical School, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta
Keywords: fast food, obesity, energy expenditure

Abstract

Excessive consumption of calories particularly those of fast foods in
companson to energy expenditure is considered to be an important cause of obesity in children both in developed and developing countries. The objective of this study was to measure the association between the pattern of consuming fast food and the incidence of obesity in elementary school students in an urban developing counUy setting. A
cross sectional study was conducted to students from 30 elementruy schools in Yogyakarta, lndonesra, who were selected by a population proportional multistage cluster random sampling. From the sample of 3575 parents, 3258 returned self fulfilled questionnaires, a response rate of 91.1%. There was a statistically significant assoctaion between obesity and the experience of consuming fast food (odds ratio ~ 2.82; 95%CI 2.08;3.82), the attitude towards fast food (odds ratio~ 1.88; 95%CI 1.31; 2.69) and the frequency of consumption of fast food (p < 0.001).

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Published
1999-06-30
How to Cite
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Ismail D, Herini E, Hagung P, Sadjimin T. Fast food consumption and obesity: Relationship among elementary school students in Yogyakarta. PI [Internet]. 30Jun.1999 [cited 29Mar.2024];39(5-6):127-3. Available from: https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/1688
Received 2017-11-17
Accepted 2017-11-17
Published 1999-06-30