The relationship between fried food consumption and physical activity with diabetes mellitus in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of degenerative disease and the prevalence is increasing each year. WHO predicted that in 2025 the number of diabetes mellitus outpatients in the world can reach up to 300 milions people. Early detection is needed to prevent higher prevalence in type 2 DM. Moreover, nowadays people are tend to have sedentary lifestyle and bad food pattern. The Objective of this research aims to determine risk factors which related the evidence of type 2 DM.Methods:It was an observational study with cross sectional design. Subjects were 179 people of the study were staffs of Gadjah Mada University who did general check-up at Gadjah Mada Medical Center (GMC) health cencer on March and April 2014. Research variable included diabetic family history, ethnic, physical activity, habit of smoking history, obese, eating pattern, fried foods consumption and diabetes. Data of eating pattern and fried foods consumption are obtained by semi quantitative food frequency questionnaire (SQFFQ). Data about diabetic family history, ethnic, habit of smoking are obtained by interview. Data about physical activity is obtained by IPAQ questionnaire and data about obese an fasting blood glucose value are obtained by secondary data from GMC health center. Data were analyzed using chi square.Results: There was significant association between diabetic family history, fried food’s consumption frequency and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (p<0.05). There was no significant association between ethnic, physical activity, habit of smoking, obese, eating pattern, fried food consumption (fried foods mass, fried foods energy and fried foods fat) (p>0.05).Conclusions:Risk factors related with type 2 DM evidence are diabetic family history and fried food’s consumption frequency.