Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
Open Access

Abstract

Statement of The Problem: Obesity is often defined as a condition of abnormal or excessive fat accumulation in adipose tissue. From the fragmentary and limited prevalence data, it is evident that obesity does exist in an available developing country particularly among university students. Among the medical record students in Universitas Gadjah Mada, it has been counted that there are 11 from 300, or in the other word 3.67%, medical record students stated as obese according to the Body Mass Index (BMI). Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: A descriptive qualitative case study was utilized during participant observation and in depth interview. Body Mass Index (BMI) concept also used in this research. BMI is a simple index of weight for height that commonly used to classify underweight, overweight and obesity. Obesity is classified as BMI≥30.0. The subject in this research is medical record student in Universitas Gadjah Mada that stated as obesity. Findings: The observation that has been done showed that the subject of this research has a tendency to “never stop eating” and doing less exercise. Rising from that fact, this research is conducted to give them an effortless treatment that is known by Obesity Diet Concept. Conclusion and Significance: It has been proved that the Obesity Diet Concept is highly effective and applicable for the medical record university students with obesity. They can lose 6-10 lbs in a week with an easy and simple way.

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