The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Nutritional Status Based on Body Mass Index for Age Percentiles in Elementary School Children in Ciherang Village
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https://doi.org/10.37275/amcr.v5i3.553Keywords:
Body mass index, Children, Nutritional status, Physical activityAbstract
Physical activity is crucial for children, and it is also useful in the prevention of obesity. In today's modern lifestyle, children are becoming more inactive, which puts them at risk of being overweight and obese. Studies have shown that physical activity and dietary changes can help reduce weight in obese children. Therefore, researchers are interested in studying the relationship between physical activity and nutritional status in children. This cross-sectional study was conducted in February-March 2024 at 5 Ciherang Elementary Schools. Children who meet the inclusion criteria will be asked questions about physical activity using the IPAQ questionnaire, followed by a measurement of body weight and height, and then nutritional status will be interpreted using the BMI per age chart from CDC. Two hundred forty-six children met the inclusion criteria, and it was found that there was no significant difference in the mean value of IPAQ between nutritional status groups based on BMI/Age (p-value = 0.844). In this study, it was found that there was no significant difference between physical activity duration and nutritional status in children.
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- Susy Olivia Lontoh1
- Yohanes Firmansyah1
- Ernawati Ernawati2
- Alexander Halim Santoso3*
- William Gilbert Satyanegara4
- Bryan Anna Wijaya4
- Fiona Valencia Setiawan4
- Nicholas Setia4
- Daniel Goh4
- 1Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Tarumanagara, Jakarta, Indonesia
- 2Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Tarumanagara, Jakarta, Indonesia
- 3Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Tarumanagara, Jakarta, Indonesia
- 4Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Tarumanagara, Jakarta, Indonesia
Corresponding author Alexander Halim Santoso — alexanders@fk.untar.ac.id
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