Abstract
INTRODUCTION: In 2018, the prevalence of obesity in Indonesian adult population was 21.8 percent; doubled compared to the past ten years. Several studies have shown that occupational factors can influence the incidence of obesity. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the job and the incidence of obesity in workers. METHODS: This research is a quantitative study using a cross-sectional design with secondary data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) in 2014. The unit of analysis in this study is workers aged 18 years and over, for women not in a state of pregnancy. The inferential analysis is done using logistic regression. RESULTS: There is an association between job sectors and the incidence of obesity in workers. Service sector workers are 2.1 times more at risk of obesity when compared to agricultural sector workers, while industrial sector workers are 1.3 times more at risk of obesity compared to agricultural sector workers. Variables of gender, age, education level, and marital status are factors that together increase the risk of obesity in workers. DISCUSSION: Therefore, the role of the company/workplace is needed in maintaining health and reducing the possibility of obesity in workers.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-58,
title = {Health Among Workers: The Relationship Between Job and Obesity},
author = {Steffi Riahta Sembiring},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: In 2018, the prevalence of obesity in Indonesian adult population was 21.8 percent; doubled compared to the past ten years. Several studies have shown that occupational factors can influence the incidence of obesity. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the job and the incidence of obesity in workers. METHODS: This research is a quantitative study using a cross-sectional design with secondary data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) in 2014. The unit of analysis in this study is workers aged 18 years and over, for women not in a state of pregnancy. The inferential analysis is done using logistic regression. RESULTS: There is an association between job sectors and the incidence of obesity in workers. Service sector workers are 2.1 times more at risk of obesity when compared to agricultural sector workers, while industrial sector workers are 1.3 times more at risk of obesity compared to agricultural sector workers. Variables of gender, age, education level, and marital status are factors that together increase the risk of obesity in workers. DISCUSSION: Therefore, the role of the company/workplace is needed in maintaining health and reducing the possibility of obesity in workers.},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: University of Indonesia},
keywords = {IFLS, job sectors, obesity},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}