Obesity is a condition of excessive accumulation of body fat which can interfere with health. Riskesdas 2013 data on the prevalence of obesity in adolescents according to BMI / U, Indonesia 10.8%, where from 33 provinces the highest obesity in East Kalimantan was 17.0%, and the lowest in NTT province was 3.0%. This study used an analytical survey with cross-sectional study design, with a sampling technique of proportional stratified random sampling. The sample in this study were 314 junior high school students. The results of the study used the chi-square test of diet ρ value 0.717> α = 0.05, which means that there was no significant relationship between diet and the incidence of obesity in junior high school students in Limboto district, Gorontalo district, sedentary activity ρ value 0.010 <α = 0.05, which means there is a significant relationship between sedentary activity and the incidence of obesity in junior high school students in limboto sub-district, Gorontalo. Teenagers can increase physical activity to avoid obesity.
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