HUBUNGAN POLA MAKAN ANAK, AKTIVITAS FISIK ANAK, DAN STATUS EKONOMI ORANG TUA DENGAN OBESITAS ANAK DI SEKOLAH DASAR KECAMATAN PONTIANAK SELATAN

Abstract

Background. Childhood obesity is serious public health problem at 21century. This is the global problem in low- and middle-income countries.The risk factors of childhood obesity are children’s dietary pattern, physicalactivity, and parent’s economic status. This study aims to observe theassociation between children’s dietary pattern, physical activity, andparent’s economic status with childhood obesity in South Pontianakelementary schools. Method. This is a cross sectional analitical study.Data obtained from the questionnaire which are distributed to mothers orcaregivers. Result. There were 120 children taken as subjects of study.Most of subjects have normal nutritional status namely 62 subjects
(51,7%), 27 subjects (22,5%) were obesity, 23 subjects (19,2%) wereoverweight, 7 subjects (5,8%) were underweight and 1 subjects (0,8%)was severely underweight. The analysis data resulted that childrens’sdietary pattern (p=0,000) and physical activity (p=0,007) were associatewith childhood obesity but parent’s economic status was not associatewith childhood obesity (p=0,475). Conclusion. There is associationbetween children’s dietary pattern and physical activity with childhoodobesity but not with parent’s economic status in South Pontianakelementary schools.Keywords: Childhood obesity, dietary pattern, physical activity, parent’seconomic status