Britain International of Exact Sciences Journal (BIoEx Journal)
Vol 2 No 1 (2020): Britain International of Exact Sciences Journal, January

The Relationship between Type and Frequency of Online Food Ordering With Obesity in Students of Medan Area University

Laila Apriani Hasanah Harahap (Universitas Sumatera Utara)
Evawany Aritonang (Universitas Sumatera Utara)
Zulhaida Lubis (Universitas Sumatera Utara)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 Jan 2020

Abstract

Online food ordering is a food delivery service through applications that are obtained quickly and safely. This is related to obesity. This type of research uses a descriptive type of study, with a cross sectional study design. This research was conducted at Medan, Medan University with 83 samples taken using purposive sampling method. The data used are primary data obtained based on measurements of student weight and height, recall and food frequency are analyzed by chi- square test. The results of the study showed that there was a correlation between the frequency of online food ordering with obesity (p <0.001) and there was no correlation between the types of food and obesity (p = 0.099) in the students of Medan Area University. To deal with the problem of obesity, it is easy to get access to online food ordering.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

bioex

Publisher

Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemistry Mathematics Medicine & Pharmacology Physics

Description

Britain International of Exact Sciences Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published in January, May and September by BIAR Publisher. BIoEx Journal welcomes research paper in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, medical sciences, argicultural sciences and other related fields which ...