Book Review: Obesity in Child

Chapter 1: Overweight and Obesity in Child

Chapter 4: The symptoms and complications of diseases caused by overweight and

obesity in children

Various clinical health disorders in children with overweight and obesity.

Diabetes or also called diabetes mellitus type II is a disease characterized by the inability
of the hormone insulin to control blood sugar levels within normal limits.
The role of the insulin hormone
Insulin plays a role in changing blood sugar levels, but due to various causes of insulin
work can be impaired. This condition is often found in people with overweight and obesity.
Insulin resistance becomes the decisive phase for children to develop into type II DM or
return to health.
Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Children
Age diabetes mellitus type II worldwide is no longer monopolized by the elderly but
also young adults and adolescents. This condition is due to changes in unhealthy eating
patterns unhealthy and lack of physical activity. The number of new cases and the long-
standing cases of type II DM in children worldwide continues to increase. The incidence of
type II DM in children worldwide reaches 17/100000 children per year. The best way to
reduce the prevalence of DM disease in children is to begin to adopt a healthy diet and avoid
fast food and motivate children to perform safe and healthy physical activity.
Overweight and Obesity in Children and Hypertension

reasing the cost of a large family health. Health costs incurred due to overweight and
obesity can be divided into two: 1. direct health costs associated with overweight and obesity
 Direct health costs with overweight and obesity are among others used for research
and prevention of overweight and obesity, diagnostic and long examination. 2. Indirect health
costs As an indirect health community health expert may be: A. Post of pain: the potential of
parent missing or reduced due to not working because accompany children experience
treatment and treatment of overweight and obesity B. The cost of death The potential income
lost due to early death of obese and obese people

In Indonesia health costs related to overweight and obesity in children is not known
for sure, because it is caused: 1. The minimum research on health costs that must be issued
due to overweight and obesity 2. Indonesian society is not accustomed to using health
insurance system. This condition is very disadvantageous and, unlike industrialized and
developed countries, the majority of people have used a system of health insurance to finance
their health. The health insurance system makes it easier to access information for the interest
of overweight and obesity research in children. The government has indeed attempted to
implement an insurance-based public health financing system, with the guarantee of public
health services, especially for the poor