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As a former Miss Indonesia who has a myriad of activities, Melanie Putria Dewita Sari (26) are required to appear prima. Just a little fat can interfere with performance. Demi has a slender body, she was doing a strict diet and intensive exercise.

Almost every day she was exercising at the gym for 2-3 hours. He also reduced drastically eating, avoidance of food with high carbohydrate and fat. However, it made him weak, grumpy, and suffering from typhoid. Now he was back in shape after a balanced nutritional diet and regular exercise.

Having an ideal body is a dream of many people. However, thanks to slim the “instant” a number of obese people sick from too strict diet and excessive consumption of slimming drugs.

There are several assessments to measure excess weight; one of them waist circumference. “The easy way to determine obesity is the body mass index (BMI),” said Dr. Fiastuti Witjaksono, administrators Nutrition Specialist Doctors Association Clinic Indonesia.

BMI calculation based on weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) that dikuadratkan. For Asia, people with a BMI above 23, including excess weight. The BMI 25-29,9 including the type of obesity, BMI of 30 or more is obese type two. Preobesitas if BMI 23-24,9.

Citing the World Health Organization (WHO), now more than 300 million people worldwide are obese, a billion people are overweight. The main cause is poor diet and lack of physical activity.

In Indonesia, growing obese. Census year 1989 National Health said, the prevalence of obesity in urban areas 1.1 percent and 0.7 percent in rural areas. Ten years later, that number increased to 5.3 percent in cities and 4.3 percent in the village.

Indonesia Obesity Studies Association in 2004 found, 9.16 per cent prevalence of obesity in men and 11.02 per cent of women. Obesity is on 41.2 percent of men and waist circumference exceeds 89 cm, and 53.3 percent of women, with a waist circumference of more than 79 cm.

Disease came

Obesity is associated with heredity and excess food intake. Obesity is now identified as a health problem that affects the occurrence of various diseases, premature aging, and even lower cognitive abilities.

“Excess fat in the abdomen increases the risk of cardiovascular disease include stroke and coronary heart disease,” said Fiastuti. Obesity also increases the risk of diabetes mellitus, high cholesterol, gallstones, cancer, infertility, and arthritis.

“In men, obesity increases the risk of colon and prostate cancer. In women will increase the risk of bladder cancer, endometrial, and breast, “he said.

A recent study published in the journal Human Brain Mapping mention, people with obesity have a brain tissue 8 percent less than the normal weight. Their brains looked 16 years older than thin people.

Those who are overweight have a brain tissue 4 percent less than people with normal weight. Their brains also look 8 years older.

The results of the study based on brain scans of people aged 94 has described the 70-year severe brain degeneration. “The loss of large networks lead to lower cognitive ability drastically, and increases the risk of Alzheimer’s and other diseases in the brain,” says Paul Thompson, chairman and professor of neurology researchers from UCLA, USA, in the LiveScience website. Obese people to lose brain tissue in crucial areas of the brain that serves to plan, remembering, making decisions and control of emotions, maintaining long-term memory, and regulate movement.

Balanced nutrition

On that basis, obesity is considered “dangerous diseases”. According to Prof. Soerjodibroto Walujo from the Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia, the health problems are difficult to overcome. Early prevention is more easily managed, that is when the patient is still overweight.

“Losing weight is a safe 2-5 kg per month by reducing fat intake,” said Fiastuti. The composition of a good diet is 55 percent carbohydrates, 30 percent fat, and 15 percent protein. Fat content, among others present in milk, cheese, ice cream, butter, cakes, red meat, and chicken. High-calorie foods are foods with fatty meats and thick coconut milk.

To lose weight, obese, low-calorie diet recommended nutritionally balanced. “It should be accompanied by regular exercise and sleep enough,” said Susana, Head of Research Division Nutrifood.

‘Eating behavior is expected to be imposed for the sake of improving the mindset to change eating behavior, “said Walujo. Patients also need the help of medication, nutritional counseling, behavior modification, acupuncture, hypnotherapy, and all costs will increase without hurting health therapy.

With a healthy diet and weight control, positive changes of cardiovascular function, metabolism, and prevent a drastic decline in cognitive abilities. In addition to be an ideal body shape, quality of life increased.