Related Factors Increased Obesity Prevalence in Adult Women in Denpasar City, Bali

Obesity is a health problem whose prevalence increases every year. Obesity impacts on the incidence of dyslipidemia, hypertension and insulin resistance. Obesity is a multifactorial problem as a result of an interaction of biological factors, behavior, and environment.

The objective of the study was to investigate factors related to the increased prevalence of obesity in adult women in Denpasar city.

This research is an observational research with a cross-sectional design. The study was conducted in Denpasar city with the subject is adult women. The samples were carried out by multistage random sampling, with a sample size was 274 people. The data collected included, obesity status, food intake, eating behavior and physical activities

The results showed an average age of 39.3 years. 40, 9% of samples were obese with BMI> 25 kg/m2. The sample proportion that consumed nutrient over the sufficiency of energy 52.9%, fat 51.5% and carbohydrate of 46.7%. 53.6% of samples have dinner habits> 19.00 pm, 50.2% consumeddense energy snack with frequent frequency and 79.9% stated access fast food easy to reach. A total 66.4% of samples have mild physical activity. Multivariate analysis showed that energy intake, dinner habits and physical activity were the major risk factors for increased prevalence of obesity (p <0.05).

energy intake, carbohydrates, dinner and physical activity is a major risk factor for obesity that occurs in adult women in the city of Denpasar.