Obesity is a health problem that can occur in various circles, including adolescents. The prevalence of obesity in adolescents continues to increase, although various efforts have been made to prevent and control obesity. Health education with the lecture method is less effective to be applied to today's youth. Therefore, one of the educational methods provided is the provision of education through animated videos that can attract the attention of teenagers so that messages can be conveyed and increase adolescent knowledge. This educational activity will be held in September 2022 in the PK Al Kautsar Kartasura Junior High School Hall. The participants of this activity were 51 teenagers consisting of grades 8 and 9. Nutrition education began with giving a pretest, then continued with the provision of material containing indicators of obesity, causes, impacts and how to prevent obesity with animated video media, to see the increase in knowledge, students were given posttest and discussion and question and answer. Increased knowledge about anemia that occurred in 40 adolescents, while 11 adolescents did not experience an increase. The average increase in knowledge is 29.67 points. This increase in knowledge shows that providing education by presenting animated videos can be effective in increasing adolescent knowledge. Therefore, the parties suggest that similar activities can be carried out regularly to increase their knowledge of the health of their students.
This study aimed to determine the relationship between thyroid dysfunction with Total Cholesterol levels (TC), Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist Circumference (WC) and Waist to hip Circumference Ratio (WHR). The cross-sectional observational study was conducted in the endemic iodine deficiency areas in Prambanan Sub-district, Sleman Regency. A total subject of 134 women of reproductive age were selected randomly from the source population of 592. Thyroid dysfunction determined by Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) and Free Thyroxine (FT4) level were measured by ELISA method. Total cholesterol level was measured by colorimetric method using a spectrophotometer. We also measured the weight and height for BMI calculation as well as the WC and Hip Circumference (HC). Chi-Square test was applied to analyze association between thyroid dysfunction with TC levels, BMI, WC and WHR. Results found the percentage of thyroid dysfunction in subjects was 39.6% (hypothyroidism 4.5% and hyperthyroidism 35.1%). The percentage of subjects with hypercholesterolemia was 34.3%. The BMI calculation found that the underweight, overweight and obesity proportions were 6.7%; 16.4% and 27.6% respectively; WC >80 cm was 29.9% and WHR >0.85 was 38.8%. There was no association between thyroid dysfunction and TC levels, BMI and WC (p>0.05) respectively. Meanwhile thyroid dysfunction was significantly associated with WHR (p<0.05). Therefore, women in reproductive age with thyroid dysfunction should be aware of their increasing abdominal adiposity.
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