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2. Causes of Obesity
There are several researchers who explain the causes of obesity, namely as follows
following.
A. According to Firman (Richard, 2012), there are 6 factors that cause obesity in a
person's body. However, most of the causes are genetic factors and other factors which
are environmental factors (such as lack of physical activity, lifestyle, socio-economic and
nutritional factors and diet). The factors that cause obesity are as follows: 1). Genetic
factors
Heredity turns out to be a big factor in someone becoming obese. As many
as 80% of obese people have both parents who are also obese. As many as 40% of
obese people have only one parent who is obese. Only 14% of obese people have
both obese parents. Genetic factors are divided into three (3), namely:
a. Parental fatness: The hereditary factor of parents who have a history of obesity will be passed
on to their children even when they are babies and there is around an 80% chance that it
will persist into adulthood.
b. Disruption of the leptin signaling pathway: Leptin resistance is common and is
associated with obesity. The function of leptin is to suppress appetite, thereby
reducing food consumption and ultimately weight loss. Leptin works
by inhibiting Neuropeptide Y (NPY) signals (appetite stimulants) and stimulating the
release of melanocortin signals (appetite suppressants). In leptin resistance, the
brain does not detect leptin signals which function to reduce appetite.
c. Specific genes that regulate obesity: In experimental animals that were obese, a
mutation was found in an ob gene (Leoob). Mutations in this gene caused
hunger and satiety signals to be disrupted and mice tended to eat more due to
mutations in this gene. Several genes can also cause very severe obesity, such
as mutations in the gene that codes for propiomelanocortin (POMC), mutations
in this gene cause failure in the synthesis of α melanocyte-stimulating hormone
which has the function of suppressing appetite.
b. Eat outside the house. Food that can be obtained outside the home tends to have
higher levels of energy, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium than home-
cooked food. Apart from that, the portions of food served are usually larger and
do not suit each individual's portion. Larger portions increase energy
consumption per day, resulting in energy balance and triggering obesity.
c. The composition of the food content is not appropriate. The composition of food
content plays an important role in the process of obesity. Foods that contain high
levels of saturated fat can potentially cause obesity and other diseases. Foods
that contain artificial sugar have a high glycemic index so that the hunger
process becomes faster and a person will eat again in a short time. The lack of
complex carbohydrates and fiber also quickly triggers hunger so that people
tend to eat at close intervals too.
4). Socioeconomic
Socioeconomics can influence a person's lifestyle. Even though you have a
high lifestyle, not paying attention to one's health will have a negative impact on
one's life. Someone can easily get various types of consumption
delicious but not necessarily healthy nowadays with the ease of existing technology. 5).
Health factors
Examples of health factors that cause obesity include:
a. Suffering from hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism is a disease that causes the
process of burning calories to slow down, resulting in weight gain and
obesity.
b. Nervous disorders that can cause a person to consume food with
large amount.
c. Consuming drugs such as anti-depressants and steroids. These drugs can
cause significant weight gain.
6). Psychological factors.
Obesity can occur due to the impact of channeling emotions by consuming
excess food. Stress is one of a person's psychological factors that can influence
weight gain. The act of laughing at, annoying, playing with, and ridiculing obese
people causes them to increasingly withdraw from social interactions and physical
activity. So the lack of physical activity will result in significant weight gain.
B. According to Misnadiarly (2007), age and gender factors can influence obesity in
general in middle age, but it cannot be denied that obesity can occur at any age. A
person who has been obese since childhood tends to remain obese as a teenager
and adult.
The Directorate General of Disease Prevention and Control of the Indonesian Ministry of
Health (2017) in the Archipelago Movement to Suppress Obesity (GENTAS) determined that
there are four (4) important things that a person must do in preventing and controlling obesity.
These four things are as follows:
1). Setting correct food consumption patterns
Arranging an appropriate diet to reduce and control obesity can be done in
the following ways. For food consumption patterns, it is best to use a T-shaped
dinner plate. This dinner plate model can regulate the consumption of vegetables
twice as much as foods that contain carbohydrates. The amount of food containing
protein consumed is the same as the amount of food containing carbohydrates. The
amount of fruit consumed is at least the same as the amount of food consumed as
a source of carbohydrates or food as a source of protein.