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Volume 7, Issue 3 (Suppl) J Obes Weight Loss Ther, an open access journal
ISSN: 2165-7904 Childhood Obesity & Bariatric Surgery 2017
June 12-13, 2017
June 12-13, 2017 Rome, Italy
& Childhood Obesity and Nutrition
10th International Conference on
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
2nd International Conference on
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Association of the availability of maternal and child health center (Posyandu) with child weight status in
Indonesia: A cross-sectional study
Hsien Wen Kuo and Helen Andriani
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
The Indonesian government has focused on improving maternal and child health (MCH) through the organization of volunteer-
staffed integrated health service post (Posyandu). However, little is known about the childhood obesity prevention practices
of MCH in Indonesia or their equivalent counterparts in other countries. The present study aims to assess the association of the
availability of Posyandu with child weight status and what factors might influence such associations. This was a secondary analysis
of data collected in the 2013 Riskesdas (or basic health research) survey, a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey of the
Indonesian population. Height and weight, information regarding the availability of Posyandu and basic characteristics of the study
population were collected from parents with children aged 0 to 5 years (n=63,237) in 2013. Non-availability of Posyandu significantly
raised the odds of being obese (OR=1.13, p<0.01). However, non-availability of Posyandu did not seem to show a significant
relationship in the odds for overweight. This relationship persisted after a full adjustment. There was effect modification by household
wealth of the association between the availability of Posyandu and child weight status. The availability of Posyandu has a protective
association with child obesity in Indonesia. Household wealth modified this association. MCH services are well placed to play an
important role in obesity prevention in early life. Odds ratio and adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) using multinomial logistic regression
model for overweight or obesity is compared to normal weight according to maternal and child health.
Biography
Hsien Wen Kuo has completed his PhD at Taiwan University and worked as Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley. He is a Professor at National Yang-Ming University and
has published more than 200 papers in reputed international and domestic journals and has been serving as an Editorial Board Member of repute.
Hsien Wen Kuo et al., J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2017, 7:3 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-045