Abstract:
Obesity will give affects to children under five, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease,
asthma and psychological effect. The child receive ridicule from his friends because the child
difficult to follow the movements of the teacher in the classroom. The goal of this study was to
determine the factors associated with obesity in children. This study was analytical design by using
case control with simple random sampling technique. The total number of samples were 70
respondents which divided into 35 samples cases and 35 samples as a control. Results of univariate
analysis showed that income families were high in the cases (62.9%) than in controls (25.7%),
eating poorly in the cases (54.3%) were high than in controls (28.5%), low physical activity at cases
(62.9%) were high than in controls (28.5%). The results of chi square test showed that the
correlation between family income and obesity (p = 0.004; α 0.05), the relationship between diet
and obesity (p = 0.052; α 0.05), the relationship between physical activity and obesity (p = 0,008; α
0.05). Recommendation of this study for preventing obesity in children by providing counseling on
nutrition and motivating for mothers to provide balanced nutrition in infants.
