Abstract
The culture of consuming instant food and reducing physical exercise result in increasing obesity in children today. The impact that occurs if not overcome can lead to the occurrence of various types of non-infectious diseases in the future such as: heart disease, hypertension, stroke and diabetes. To overcome the problem of obesity, behavioral changes are needed in childhood, namely fruit consumption and regular exercise. However, this behavior still becomes a national problem, especially in Magelang Regency. Consuming fruit juice and having exercise enables ones to lose weight.A kind of fruits that can be consumed is watermelon and the kind of sport that can be practiced is fitness exercise. The research is aimed to identify the difference in effectiveness between consuming watermelon juice and having fitness exercises in weight loss in obese children at Sawitan State Elementary School. The method used in this study is quasy-experiment. The number of samples was 24 respondents consisting of 12 respondents treated with watermelon juice consumption, and 12 respondents treated with fitness exercises. To take samples, it is used purposive sampling method. the treatment was carried out 3 times in a week. The results showed there was a decrease in weight lose in obese elementary school children, both with watermelon juice treatment and fitness exercises. The results of the independent t-test analysis, on watermelon juice therapy showed P ^ 0.00 and the Wilcoxon test on fitness exercises was P ^ 0.04, which means that both therapies have an influence in decreasing one’s weight. The result of the dependent T test on watermelon juice consumption and fitness exercise was P ^ 0.261, which means that the two therapies have no significant difference of influence. Health workers, especially nurses, are expected to be able to provide alternative therapies to reduce children’s overweight by using watermelon juice consumption or fitness exercises.
Highlights
Budaya konsumsi makanan instan dan berkurangnya melakukan olahraga berakibat meningkatnya obesitas pada anak sekarang ini
The results showed there was a decrease in weight lose in obese elementary school children, both with watermelon juice treatment and fitness exercises
N. (2013) ‘Analisis Faktor Penyebab Obesitas dan Cara Mengatasi Obesitas pada Remaja Putri’, Skripsi, p. 13
Summary
Bagian ini menguraikan tentang hasil dan pembahasan penelitian yang meliputi: karakteristik responden, rata-rata penurunan BB setelah diterapi dan distribusi perbedaan terapi jus semangka dan senam kebugaran dalam menurunkan BB. 1. Bagian ini menguraikan tentang hasil dan pembahasan penelitian yang meliputi: karakteristik responden, rata-rata penurunan BB setelah diterapi dan distribusi perbedaan terapi jus semangka dan senam kebugaran dalam menurunkan BB. Karakteristik responden diuraikan berdasarkan usia, dan jenis kelamin. Distribusi frekuensi karakteristik responden dapat dilihat pada tabel 1. Dari hasil analisis pada tabel 1 menunjukkan bahwa karakteristik responden berdasarkan usia, responden terbanyak berumur 10 tahun, umur termuda 7 tahun dan tertua 12 tahun. Distribusi responden berdasarkan jenis kelamin, anak perempuan memiliki frekuensi lebih banyak dalam penelitian ini yaitu sebanyak 13 anak (54.2 %). Penurunan rata-rata BB setelah dilakukan terapi jus semangka dan senam kebugaran pada anak di SD Negeri Sawitan digambarkan pada tabel sebagai berikut: Tabel 2. Uji normalitas pretest posttest pada kelompok jus semangka terhadap BB
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