Lack Of Sleep At Productive Age Turns Out To Increase Obesity Risk

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JAKARTA - Lack of sleep, especially in people of productive age, turns out to be related to the risk of obesity in the future. To compensate, the quality of sleep must be maintained.

"The productive age of lack of sleep can actually be related to the shipping so much. Later, if shipping arises, the excess calories will become large," said clinical nutrition expert Dr Eva Kurniawati, M. Nutrition, Sp. GK quoted from ANTARA, Wednesday, March 8.

The doctor, who is a member of the Indonesian Clinical Nutrition Specialist Association (PDSGKI), admits that with age, a person's sleep time generally becomes shorter. Even so, he suggested that the quality be maintained.

According to the Mayo Clinic, the sleep duration of an adult is at least seven hours per night, while those aged 13 to 18 are recommended to be eight to 10 hours per 24 hours.

This duration is shorter than children aged six to 12 years and three to five years, each of which requires nine to 12 hours per 24 hours and 10-13 hours per 24 hours (including naps).

Adults whose sleep duration is less than seven hours every night are regularly associated with poor health not only gaining weight and having a 30 or higher body mass index (IMT), but also associated with the emergence of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and depression.

Meanwhile, the criteria for obesity in adults according to the Ministry of Health can be assessed based on the body mass index (IMT) or BMI above 27 and measuring the circumference of the stomach to show central obesity. Men are said to be central obesity if they have a belly circumference of more than 90 cm, while women are above 80 cm.

Eva advised people to do regular stomach circumference checks to detect central obesity in addition to measuring body weight and height to calculate IMT.

"Thankfully if there is a body composition check, so you can know how much fat (fat) is, check the stomach circumference because with central obesity all increase the risk of chronic diseases," he said, who also advised people to check blood sugar and cholesterol.

Periodic health checks and adequate rest are actually part of the CERDIK's healthy living behavior echoed by the Ministry of Health to keep a person away from various non-communicable diseases. Other behaviors that are also included in CERDIK include flatning cigarette smoke, exercising regularly, adopting a healthy and balanced diet and managing stress.

"The exercise permit for those from prediabetes can reduce the risk of becoming diabetes by 40 percent. So you must be consistent in exercising," Eva ordered.