MEDICAL FACULTY

MALAHAYATI UNIVERSITY
Undergraduate Thesis, April 2016
Rika Wulandari
Relationship Between Fast Food Consumption Frequency and Obesity Occurence
Among Teenagers in SMA Negeri 3 Metro 2016
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ABSTRACT
Background: Adolescence is a period when we experience growth both physically and

psychologically and in that period many behaviors become daily habits such as eating street
food or fast food which generally has the characteristics of high-sugar, high saturated fatty
acids and trans fatty acids, as well as high sodium. The frequency of fast food consumption
may increase the risk of obesity that affects the occurrence of cardiovascular disease.
Aim: To determine the Relationship Between Fast Food Consumption Frequency and Obesity

Occurence Among Teenagers in SMA Negeri 3 Metro 2016

Methods: An analytical survey with case control design. Population was students in SMA negeri 3
Metro as many as 640 people, 54 people were taken as sample and divided into case group and control
group. This research used chi-square test to analyze the data.
Result: The frequency of fast food consumption in often category was 38.9% and 61.1% in

the rare category. Teenagers who had fast food consumption behavior in often category were
mostly found in the case group (55.6%). The results of the analysis with chi square test
showed correlation between frequency of fast food consumption and obesity, the probability
of p-value = 0,026 < 0.05; OR: 4.375 [CI; 95%: 1.340 to 14.280].
Conclusion: There is Relationship Between Fast Food Consumption Frequency and Obesity

Occurrence. Teens who often consume fast food have four times greater risk of obesity than
those who rarely eat fast food.
Keyword
Reference

: Fast food consumption, obesity

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