TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Monitoring routine weight is one of the campaigns carried out by the Ministry of Health in the theme of the Movement for Healthy Living Society (Germas). Actually, what's the point of you regularly monitoring your body weight?
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Health experts recommend that you monitor your weight regularly as one way to avoid getting obese. "It's best to monitor your weight regularly, so you know when your weight starts to rise, so you can improve your diet to be healthier, and increase physical activity," said clinical nutrition specialist from Pondok Indah Hospital - Puri Indah, Raissa Edwina at the event Healthy Living Day "in Jakarta, Thursday 6 December 2018.
Raissa said the government-issued data on basic health research (Riskesdas) 2018 said obesity rates in Indonesia had increased since 2013 from the original 14 percent to 21 percent or up 7 percent. That is, more and more Indonesian people are gaining weight.
Raissa said the government-issued data on basic health research (Riskesdas) 2018 said obesity rates in Indonesia had increased since 2013 from the original 14 percent to 21 percent or up 7 percent. That is, more and more Indonesian people are gaining weight.
Raissa said, 1 in 3 people were obese, while in men 1 in 5 people. This figure also reinforces previous data regarding an increase in body weight in both women and men.
"The trend of obesity rates is increasing. Data on monitoring nutritional status over the age of 18, those who are obese are around 40.4 percent," he said.
Obesity or excess weight is the beginning of the emergence of chronic diseases and non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and hypertension.
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