Book Review: Obesity in Child

The Identify of the Book

Book title : Obesity in Child

Author : Genis Ginanjar Wahyu

Publisher : PT. Bentang Pustaka

Pages : 100

Edition :I

Year of Published : 2009

Chapter 1: Overweight and Obesity in Child

Chapter 4: The symptoms and complications of diseases caused by overweight and

obesity in children

Various clinical health disorders in children with overweight and obesity.

Diabetes or also called diabetes mellitus type II is a disease characterized by the inability
of the hormone insulin to control blood sugar levels within normal limits.
The role of the insulin hormone
Insulin plays a role in changing blood sugar levels, but due to various causes of insulin
work can be impaired. This condition is often found in people with overweight and obesity.
Insulin resistance becomes the decisive phase for children to develop into type II DM or
return to health.
Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Children
Age diabetes mellitus type II worldwide is no longer monopolized by the elderly but also
young adults and adolescents. This condition is due to changes in unhealthy eating patterns
unhealthy and lack of physical activity. The number of new cases and the long-standing cases
of type II DM in children worldwide continues to increase. The incidence of type II DM in
children worldwide reaches 17/100000 children per year. The best way to reduce the
prevalence of DM disease in children is to begin to adopt a healthy diet and avoid fast food
and motivate children to perform safe and healthy physical activity.
Overweight and Obesity in Children and Hypertension
Blood pressure is one of the markers of child health. One of the abnormalities in blood
pressure is hypertension. Hypertension in children is marked by a blood pressure value that
exceeds the 95th percentile in the blood pressure table, according to age and gender.
Hypertension suffered since the age of children tends to continue into adulthood.
Various hypertension in children
Hypertension suffered by children can be primary and secondary hypertension. Factors
of occurrence of primary hypertension are obesity and genetic, while secondary hypertension
is caused by damage to organs, especially kidney damage.
Overweight and obesity in children and bone and joint disorders
Overweight and obesity in children have the potential to cause deformity and size of the
bone. Overweight and obesity in children allegedly provide greater pressure and ratios,
especially on the leg bones. The investigators conclude that obese and obese children tend to
be unbalanced and can not run efficiently.
Mental health disorders in children with overweight and obesity
Children with overweight and obesity are also susceptible to psychiatric disorders such
as depression. Fatigue obesity in body fatigue often invites ridicule or ridicule from friends at
school. The taunts received by obese children of overweight and obesity can cause them to
lose confidence and depression. Depression is divided into two, namely mild depression and
severe depression.

Chapter 5: Fat therapy and obesity in children:

1. Modification of the child's diet
Parents familiarize children to love more traditional dishes rich, high in nutrition and
low in calories and fat. Parents should learn to serve food with fresh vegetables and
fruits that invite the child's appetite.
2. The increased physical activity of the child.
Motivate children to be more active in moving and exercising.
3. Use of anti-overweight drugs and obesity in children
4. Surgical therapy for children with overweight and obesity

Chapter 6: Prevention Of Overweight and Obesity In Children Based On Community

 Prevention of overweight and community-based obesity in the age group of children
is more prioritized than in the adult group. It is due to two reasons, namely:1. More
alternatives and means used to lower the weight in children. 2. Empirically more difficult to
lose weight adults.

Obesity prevention and obesity in children based on the community taken with three
steps, namely: 1. Increase the physical activity of children, One of the physical activities in
school through the field of sports can be soccer, basketball, and others. The school needs to
provide adequate sports facilities for students to make students feel comfortable, safe, and
more motivated to exercise in school. 2. modify the child's diet, Currently high-calorie foods,
but low levels of nutrients and fiber in various fast food restaurants are easy to find in big
cities. Promotion is indeed recognized to be an effective means of increasing the market for
selling this type of junk food, including among children, which does not directly increase the
prevalence of overweight and obesity in children. Therefore, the government through health
department need to intensify health promotion and dissemination, in the nutritional aspects of
the community. 3.membagun public facilities supporting a healthy lifestyle

Each party has a specific role; the government can play a role in reducing the
prevalence of overweight and obesity in children by facilitating the development of various
public facilities that support healthy lifestyles, such as green open spaces, playgrounds,
recreational advice and exercise for the community.

Chapter 7: Economic Negative Impact Related to Overweight and Obesity Of Children

Overweight and obesity in children have an impact on increasing the cost of a large
family health. Health costs incurred due to overweight and obesity can be divided into two: 1.
direct health costs associated with overweight and obesity

Direct health costs with overweight and obesity are among others used for research
and prevention of overweight and obesity, diagnostic and long examination. 2. Indirect health
costs As an indirect health community health expert may be: A. Post of pain: the potential of
parent missing or reduced due to not working because accompany children experience
treatment and treatment of overweight and obesity B. The cost of death The potential income
lost due to early death of obese and obese people
 In Indonesia health costs related to overweight and obesity in children is not known
for sure, because it is caused: 1. The minimum research on health costs that must be issued
due to overweight and obesity 2. Indonesian society is not accustomed to using health
insurance system. This condition is very disadvantageous and, unlike industrialized and
developed countries, the majority of people have used a system of health insurance to finance
their health. The health insurance system makes it easier to access information for the interest
of overweight and obesity research in children. The government has indeed attempted to
implement an insurance-based public health financing system, with the guarantee of public
health services, especially for the poor