Avoid the Risk of Obesity with Lifestyle Modifications, Here’s How!

JAKARTA – Obesity can be a major factor in some non-communicable diseases such as diabetes. Therefore, it is very important for us to maintain an ideal body weight by eating healthy foods and doing physical activity.

There are many other ways to avoid obesity, one of which is to limit or avoid processed foods.

Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Clinical Nutrition Specialists Prof. Dr. dr. Nurpudji Taslim, Sp.GK (K), MPH explained about increasing consumption of processed food.

According to him, processed food such as instant noodles and fried snacks are usually affordable, easy to find, and highly promoted, even though such foods are not healthy because they are high in calories and low in nutrition.

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“Unfortunately, more than 60% of adults consume instant noodles and fried snacks every week. Children in general also eat less healthy food than they need, and they consume more unhealthy food, which they should avoid, ”said Prof. Nurpudji in a Virtual Press Conference with Novo Nordisk, some time ago.

He said obesity is one of the biggest risks for the severity of COVID-19. “The condition of obesity plus exposure to COVID-19 will put a person at 113% higher risk of being hospitalized, 74% higher to undergo ICU treatment, and 48% higher risk of death,” explained Prof. Nurpudji.

In addition, obesity can reduce productive life by as much as 6-10 years. Obesity also takes up 8-16% of the national health budget. In 2016, the total impact (direct and indirect) of obesity was estimated at US $ 2-4 billion.

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“Lifestyle modification is the basis of the treatment and prevention of chronic diseases such as obesity. A person with an obese condition (BMI> 25) should immediately seek professional help for intervention according to their condition.

Obesity can be prevented by having a balanced healthy diet, exercising at least 150 minutes per week, and monitoring BMI regularly, “said Prof. Nurpudji.

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