Conclusions: Eating adequate breakfast seems to be an important factor in preventing obesity among elementary school children and should be encouraged.
Background: Overweight and obesity can occur both in children to adulthood. The prevalence of obesity for children aged 5-12 years is still high at 18.8% consisting of 10.8% overweight and obese at 8.8%. The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased in various countries including Indonesia. The results of previous data collection shows that the proportion of fat and obesity is quite high at…
Few years ago, food combining a popular weight reducing diet has been promoted and practiced by the public in Indonesia. The objective of this study was to compare the effect of food combining on change in body weight with a calorie reducing diet. We used a crossover experiment study design where 12 healthy free-living subjects (10 women, 2 men), age range 18-21 years old and BMI > 25 kg/m2 wer…