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Abstract

Obesity is a major problem in the world, especially in adolescents whose prevalence increase and obesity
in adolescents are multi-factorial desease. Birth history and socio-economic factors that influence obesity. The
purpose of this study was to identify birth history and socio-economic factors for over nutrition in adolescents.
The design of this study is a cohort study using secondary data from the Indonesian Family Life Surveys (IFLS)
and carried out from December 2017 - August 2018. The study involved 426 adolescents aged 15-17 years. The
statistical analysis used is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The direct effect on birth weight was gestational
age (OR 7.7) (p <0.05). The direct effect of adolescent nutritional status was found in father’s education (p <0.05)
and maternal BMI (p <0.05) had a significant effect, while maternal education (p> 0.05), income / capita / month
(p> 0.05 ), and the living area (p> 0.05) did not find significant results for over nutrition in adolescents. Adolescents
who have highly educated fathers and overweight or obese mothers are risk factor for adolescents to become
over nutrition.

Pages

158-167

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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

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©2019Elita Oktorina Pasaribu

DOI

10.30597/mkmi.v15i2.6308

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