The Relationship Between Less Consumption of Vegetables and Fruit With Overweight Incidence at Productive Age (15-64 Years) in Parung District, Bogor Regency

Obesity/overweight is a nutritional problem that has an impact on long-term health. An overweight person has a risk of developing diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and cancer. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship of factors of lack of vegetable and fruit consumption with the incidence of overweight at the productive age (15-64 years) in Parung Subdistrict.  This study uses secondary data, a quantitative type with a cross-sectional study design. The sample of this study is 142 people of productive age (15-64 years) using simple random sampling, data collection was conducted in conjunction with vaccine surveys in Parung Subdistrict conducted by officers and applied 3M. The results showed that there was no relationship between lack of consumption of vegetables and fruits with overweight events. Factors lacking fruit and vegetable consumption are not the main factors causing overweight, many other factors that can affect, such as genetic factors, lack of physical activity, drugs, or hormonal. Genetic factors usually affect 40-50% if one of the people has a history of overweight or obesity, but if both parents have a history of obesity it will affect 70-80% of the next offspring. Factors lack of physical activity leads to less maximal energy expenditure, it is highly recommended at least 30 minutes a day of activity. Drug factors such as steroid drugs that are often consumed in the long term to treat asthma, osteoarthritis, and allergies, can lead to increased appetite and increase the risk of overweight or obesity. Hormonal factors commonly associated with obesity are hormones such as leptin, ghrelin, thyroid, insulin, and estrogen, and regular medications with hormonal are often associated with the use of contraceptives such as birth control pills or injectable birth control.