The Relationship Between Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
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- 10.2991/978-94-6463-032-9_3How to use a DOI?
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- Obesity; diabetes mellitus
- Abstract
Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus includes as one of the top ten causes of death in the world. There were 415 million adults with diabetes in 2018, a four-fold increase from 108 million in 2015. It is estimated that the number will increase up to 642 million in 2040. The population of Indonesian age over 20 years is 133 million diabetics. The prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in urban areas is 14.7% and in rural areas is 7.2%. Obese people have diabetes mellitus (DM) 2.9 times more often than non-obese people. Obesity is the main cause of DM. Objective: The purpose of the study was to find out how the relationship between obesity and Diabetes Mellitus. Method: The type of research used descriptive analytic with a cross sectional research design. The population was 114 respondents and the number of samples in the study was 88 people. Result: The results showed that there was a relationship between obesity and the incidence of diabetes with p value = 0.008 (p < 0.05). Conclusion: It is hoped that the community can implement healthy lifestyle behaviors to avoid obesity as a risk factor for diabetes.
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TY - CONF AU - Arinil Hidayah AU - Edy Sujoko AU - Febrina Angraini Simamora AU - Nanda Masraini Daulay PY - 2022 DA - 2022/12/22 TI - The Relationship Between Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus (DM) BT - Proceedings of the Tapanuli International Health Conference 2022 (TIHC 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 8 EP - 12 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-032-9_3 DO - 10.2991/978-94-6463-032-9_3 ID - Hidayah2022 ER -