ASSOCIATION OF SEDENTARY, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OBESITY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN OF YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA

Background: Obesity in Indonesian school children is increasing very dramatically in both urban and rural. It was predicted if Indonesia is currently experiencing lifestyle transition: displacement traditional activity with sedentary.\ud \ud Objectives: (1) to examine sedentary activity as a risk factor of obesity in Indonesian elementary school children; (2) to describe the percentage of children who met physical activity (PA) recommendation.\ud \ud Methods: A case-control study of 244 obese and 244 non-obese children was conducted in Yogyakarta in 2012. Cases were elementary school children with BMI/ Age > 95th percentile identified in previous survey. Controls were children from the same class and seating at the right side nearest to the cases. Weight and height of the children was measured using a calibrated digital weighing scale and microtoice by trained nutritionists. Data of physical activities were collected using one-week physical activity recall questionnaires. BMI of the subjects were computed using WHO Anthro2005. Statistical analysis was done using STATA 11th edition.\ud \ud Results: Children with sedentary activity ???5 hours/day were 5.15 (95% CI, 3.49-7.61) times more likely to be obese than children