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Obesity Determinants and the Policy Implications for the Prevention and Management of Obesity in Indonesia

Nikmah Utami Dewi1, Ikeu Tanziha2, Siti Aisyah Solechah3 and Bohari4

1Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, University of Tadulako, Indonesia.

2Department of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University, Indonesia.

3Nutrition Study Program, Stikes Husada Borneo, Indonesia.

4Nutrition Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University, City of Serang, Indonesia.

Corresponding Author Email: nikmah@untad.ac.id

DOI : https://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CRNFSJ.8.3.22

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Received: 02 July 2020

Accepted: 10 Nov 2020

Published Online: 08 Dec 2020

Plagiarism Check: Yes

Reviewed by: Hasanain Habasha India

Second Review by: Dimitar B Avtanski United States

Final Approval by: Shwu-Huey Sherry Yang

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The prevalence of overweight and obesity in adult groups in Indonesia experience a surge compared to the previous year. The obesity determinants are classified as complex, and they can differ between regions. Appropriate policies, in accordance with determinants, play an important role in efforts to reduce the prevalence of obesity. This study aimed to identify the determinant factors for overweight and obesity in Indonesia and policies that supported a decrease in the prevalence of overweight and obesity based on the significant determinant factors found. The data sources were from the Ministry of Health, Statistics Indonesia, and the Ministry of Agriculture for 33 provinces in Indonesia. The literature regarding policy analysis was sought on Google, the IPB University repositories, related ministry websites, PubMed, ScienceDirect, and MEDLINE. The multiple regression analysis was performed to identify the determinants of overweight and obesity while the Five-E approach was used to analyze related policies. The simple regression analysis showed that the consumption of animal source foods (p=0.001), oil and fat consumption (p=0.006), the proportion of the population with low physical activity (p=0.01), the average study duration (p=0.001), total per capita expenditure (p=0.000), food (p=0.001) and non-food expenditure (p=0.000), and share of food expenditure (p=0.005) had significant effects on the proportion of adulthood overweight and obesity. Only oil and fat consumption (p=0.02) still had a significant positive effect on the proportion of overweight and obesity after performing the multiple regression analysis. Vegetable consumption (p=0.03) also had a significant negative effect on the proportion of overweight and obesity after being included in the multiple regression model. The Healthy Community Movement (HMC or known as GERMAS in Indonesia) policy and the inclusion of fat content into food labels are policies for preventing and managing overweight, which are conducted related to consumption of vegetables, fat, and oil. The effectiveness of the policy is still not optimal even though the policy is efficient. An improvement of the policy implementation needs to be conducted by optimizing the implementation of follow-up monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of program policies.

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Determinant; Obesity; Policy

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Introduction

Obesity is a global health problem, and its prevalence is increasing from year to year throughout the world. The prevalence of obesity increased from 7% in 1980 to 12.5% in 2015 or increased by almost 80% over the past 35 years (1). In 2016, 39% of the global population aged 18 years and over were overweight, with a total of 13% of the adult population worldwide being obese (2). In Indonesia, the overweight prevalence in 2018 only increased by 0.1 % from 2013 (3,4). However, the surge in the prevalence of obesity in the adult group in 2018 was 6.4%, which became 21.8% in five years (3,4).

The rising prevalence of obesity becomes a concern due to its contribution and impact on various other diseases, especially catastrophic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease (5). Obesity increases the risk of developing diabetes mellitus through a mechanism of the chronic increase in lipid levels that may damage pancreatic beta cells and cause insulin resistance (6). Obesity also increases blood pressure through increased renal tubular reabsorption, disruption of the sodium excretion in urine, and volume expansion in the kidney (7). The contribution of obesity to cardiovascular disease, among others, is through the mechanism of proinflammatory mediators in obese people that causes oxidative stress on vascular walls, inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction that triggers atherosclerosis (8).

The determinant factors of obesity are complex. Food intake, physical activity, lifestyle, environmental characteristics, and genetic are the determinant factors in studies conducted in developed countries (9). Urbanization, lifestyle changes, socioeconomic status, and food security play an important role in increasing obesity rates in developing countries (10,11). Based on the adaptation of UNICEF’s conceptual framework, it is explained that obesity is a direct result (immediate level) of health behaviors, such as food intake, physical activity, and biological conditions (e.g., genetics). In the UNICEF framework, basic causes of obesity consist of household food security (food environment), work practices and parenting (social environment), access to health services (health environment), and environmental conditions (living environment). Meanwhile, the root of the problem (basic level) consists of education, knowledge, poverty, and political conditions of the country (12).

Complex obesity problems require the right policies, and thereby the policies can play an important role in the efforts to decrease the prevalence of obesity. Obesity-related policies that have been implemented in several countries are the provision of healthy foods (e.g., vegetables and fruits), taxes for unhealthy foods, reformation of food assistance programs, environmental engineering to increase physical activity, and community health promotion (13,14). These policies have different levels of effectiveness in various places (13).

Public policy needs to be directed towards resolving public health problems that occur based on their causes (15).  This article examined the determinant factors of overweight and obesity in Indonesia. The results obtained then become the basis for identifying policies in support of reducing the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Indonesia.

Material and Method

The data used in the analysis consisted of the consumption of grains, tubers, animal source foods, oils and fats, oily fruits and seeds, legumes, sugar, vegetables, fruits, and energy (16), food and non-food expenditure (17), the average study duration (18), poor population (19), the proportion of people with low physical activity, and the proportion of overweight and obese people (3).  The data used were the 2018 data in 33 provinces in Indonesia.

Food consumption data (g/capita/day) were assessed from the amount of food consumption prepared in the household, the consumption of processed food or snacks, and other consumption (16).  The total energy intake of the population was the amount of energy intake from food, which was then calculated through the multiplication between the amount of food consumed and the energy content of each type of food (16). The total expenditure per capita was the total food and non-food expenditure. The food expenditure was assessed by calculating food consumption over the past week while the non-food expenditure was calculated during the past month and the past year. The food expenditure and non-food expenditure were converted into average monthly expenditure. The share of food expenditure was the ratio of food expenditure to the population’s total expenditure for a month. The share of food expenditure was used as a variable that described household food security (17).

Data regarding food consumption, food and non-food expenditure, the average study duration, and poor population were obtained from the Indonesia’s National Socioeconomic Survey (SUSENAS) which included a total sample of 300,000 households contained in census blocks implemented in all provinces in Indonesia by Statistics Indonesia (20). Data concerning the proportion of people with low physical activity and the proportion of overweight and obese people were obtained from the National Basic Health Research (RISKESDAS) using 300,000 household samples and the same census block as SUSENAS (3). The data quality was guaranteed through the validity and reliability of SUSENAS and RISKESDAS data through the survey protocols conducted (21,22).The variable data in this research were openly available, which were obtained from the website of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia, and Statistics Indonesia.

The average study duration described an indicator of the population’s knowledge levels calculated from the average period of formal education that was being undertaken or had been undertaken by the people aged 25 years and over (18).  The percentage of poor people was assessed from the number of people with the monthly average per capita expenditure below the poverty line (19). The proportion of the population with low physical activity was the proportion of population aged ≥10 years with low physical activity, while the proportion of overweight and obesity was the number of adults aged >18 years with a body mass index (BMI) of ≥25 kg/m2 (3). The people had low physical activity if they performed physical activity less than five days or less than 150 minutes a week (3).

The linear regression analysis was performed to determine the factors affecting overweight and obesity in Indonesia. The regression model met the conditions of linearity, normality, heteroscedasticity, and autocorrelation. The value of the VAT variable in the model was less than ten (23). The variables involved in the final multiple regression model were the food consumption (grains, animal source foods, oil and fat, oily fruits and seeds, legumes, sugar, vegetables, fruits, and energy), the proportion of the population with low physical activity, the share of food expenditure, the average study duration, and the proportion of the poor population. The poor people were those with a monthly average per capita expenditure below the poverty line of IDR 401,220 (19).

The obesity prevention policies were analyzed by conducting a literature review on articles, grey literature, policy documents available on the Google search engine, IPB University repository, and the related website of ministry for documents in the Indonesian language. PubMed, ScienceDirect, and MEDLINE were used to find supporting articles in English. The policies were sought based on the determinant factors for overweight and obesity that were found to be significant in this study. It was to provide an overview of how the applied policies were in accordance with the actual problems faced, which were significantly related to the incidence of overweight and obesity in Indonesia.

The method of policy analysis used the Five-E approach that consisted of effectiveness (how good the policy could work to achieve the goal), efficiency (the number of activities and financing related to the policy undertaken), ethical considerations related to the unintended ethical and moral consequences, evaluations of alternatives (other approaches that need to be considered in existing policies), and establishment of recommendations for positive changes (the recommendations given to provide positive changes in the existing situation) (24)

Results

Determinants of Overweight and Obesity

The proportion of overweight and obesity in Indonesia was 35.4 %, with the proportion of the population with low physical activity of 33.5 %. The average consumption of staple food in Indonesia for rice and tubers were 317.7 g/capita/day and 48.0 g/capita/day, respectively. The consumption of animal source food of the population was 126.4 g/capita/day while the consumption of oil and fat was 27 g/capita/day. The average energy intake of the population was 2055 kcal, with the average consumption of vegetables, fruits, and sugar of 136.7 g, 91 g, and 23.1 g, respectively. The average study duration of Indonesian people was 8.4 years, with a share of food expenditure of 50.8 % and the percentage of poor residents of 9.8 % (Table 1).

The results of the bivariate analysis revealed that the consumption of animal source foods (p=0.001), the consumption of oil and fat (p=0.006), the proportion of people with low physical activity (p=0.01), the average study duration (p=0.001), total per capita expenditure (p= 0.000), food and non-food expenditure (p=0.000), and the share of food expenditure (p=0.005) had significant effects on the proportion of adulthood overweight and obesity in Indonesia (Table 1).

Table 1: Results of the bivariate analysis on determinants of overweight and obesity in Indonesia

Variable Average (SD) p
Proportion of overweight and obesity (%) 35.4%
Proportion of people with low physical activity (%) 33.5 0.01*
Consumption of grains (g/capita/day) 317.7 (38.9) 0.22
Consumption of tubers (g/capita/day) 48.07 (55.6) 0.92
Consumption of animal source foods (g/capita/day) 126.4 (24.7) 0.001*
Consumption of oil and fat (g/capita/day) 27.0 (4.3) 0.006*
Consumption of oily fruits and seeds (g/capita/day) 4.7 (2.9) 0.89
Consumption of legumes (g/capita/day) 20.2 (7.6) 0.47
Consumption of sugar (g/capita/day) 23.1 (4.8) 0.94
Consumption of vegetables (g/capita/day) 136.7 (22.1) 0.11
Consumption of fruits (g/capita/day) 91.0 (23.1) 0.86
Energy intake (kcal/capita/day) 2055 (352) 0.23
Average study duration (years) 8.4 (0.9) 0.001*
Food expenditure (IDR) 594,000 (123,493) 0.001*
Non-food expenditure (IDR) 576,000 (175,925) 0.000*
Total per capita expenditure (IDR) 1,169,000 (286,550) 0.000*
Share of food expenditure (%) 50.8 0.005*
Percentage of poor population (%) 9.8 0.07

 

The results of the multivariate analysis using the multiple regression analysis indicated that only oil and fat consumption had a significant positive effect (p=0.02) on the proportion of overweight and obesity. The vegetable intake had a significant negative effect (p=0.03) on the proportion of overweight and obesity after being adjusted for other variables in the model (Table 2).

Table 2: Results of multivariate analysis on the determinants of overweight and obesity in Indonesia

Model B (95% CI) sig
Consumption of grains (g) -0.04 (0.10;0.09) 0.19
Consumption of animal-based food (g) 0.03 (-0.10;0.16) 0.65
Consumption of oil and fat (g) 0.69 (0.15;1.22) 0.02*
Consumption of fruits and oily seeds (g) -0.19 (-0.95;0.56) 0.60
Consumption of beans (g) 0.07 (-0.26;0.40) 0.65
Consumption of sugar (g) -0.41 (-0.92; 0.09) 0.10
Consumption of vegetables (g) -0.12 (-0.23; -0.01) 0.03*
Consumption of fruits (g) -0.001 (-0.096; 0.093) 0.97
Energy intake (kcal) 0.004 (-0.001; 0.009) 0.15
Proportion of residents with less activity (%) -0.35 (-0.76; 0.10) 0.12
Share of food expenditure (%) -0.40 (-0.95;0.15) 0.14
Average school period (years) 2.38 (-0.19; 4.94) 0.07
Percentage of poor residents (%) 0.32 (-0.11; 0.76) 0.14

 

Policies concerning the Prevention and Management of Overweight and Obesity

The analysis results of the determinants of overweight and obesity in Indonesia showed that the consumption of oil and fat and the consumption of vegetables were significantly related to the high proportion of overweight and obesity. This relationship was independent of other variables involved in the multiple regression model. The current policies related to the efforts of reducing the proportion of overweight and obesity in Indonesian adults that are related to the vegetable intake and the consumption of oil and fat are the Healthy Community Movement (HCM or known as GERMAS in Indonesia) and the inclusion of sugar, salt, and fat content in food labels (Table 3).

GERMAS was outlined in the Presidential Instruction Number 1 of 2017 to accelerate and harmonize the promotive and preventive efforts related to healthy living in order to increase the population productivity and reduce the burden of health care costs due to diseases by increasing physical activity, enhancing healthy living behaviors, providing healthy food, accelerating nutrition improvement, improving the prevention and early detection of disease, improving environmental quality, and improving the education about healthy living (25). The implementation of GERMAS activities is adjusted to the duties, functions, and authorities of various ministries and institutions. The Ministry of Health campaigns for GERMAS, improves education on balanced nutrition, and makes guidelines for the Archipelago Movement to Reduce Obesity Rates (AMROR or known as GENTAS in Indonesia) (25,26). The Ministry of Agriculture makes efforts to increase domestic production of fruits and vegetables and encourages the use of home yards to grow vegetables and fruits. At the same time, the Ministry of Trade promotes healthy foods and beverages, including vegetables and fruits produced in Indonesia (25). The Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform encourages the consumption of vegetables and fruit in the meetings, either inside or outside the office (25).

The GERMAS policy has not been effective in increasing vegetable intake and reducing obesity. In 2018, 95.4% of Indonesian people had low vegetable consumption (3). The proportion of adult obesity increased to 21.8%, and overweight increased to 13.6% compared to 2013 (14.8% and 11.5%, respectively) (3,4). The increase in obesity from 2013 to 2018 was much higher (7%), almost double compared to the increase that occurred from 2007 to 2013 (4.3%), whereas the reduction in obesity rate was targeted at 15.4% in 2019 (3,4,26).

GERMAS is funded by each ministry or agency based on funding from the state budget, local government budget, or other non-binding sources (25). GERMAS financing, as part of promotive and preventive efforts, is a form of curative financing efficiency through the health insurance program (27).

The habits of eating vegetables, oil, and fatty foods are closely related to the habits or culture of the local community (28,29). The generalization of campaign methods in different areas, including the communication media used, makes the messages difficult to receive and implement in the community (30). The ability of officers on the field to translate the GERMAS policy is one of the success factors of GERMAS activities (31). The number of health workers who become community assistants in conducting GERMAS activities is still lacking (31,32). The implementation of monitoring and evaluation to improve activities has also not been performed optimally (31,33). Promoting healthy activities (e.g., eating vegetables) and limiting fatty foods (e.g., in the GERMAS policy) based on the theory of evidence-based behavior change with different strategies in each region can be an alternative.

The garden utilization program to ensure the availability and access of vegetables in the household showed that the development of the yard for the cultivation of vegetables had been performed, but the sustainability of activities was low (34).  Technical problems, assistance, and social culture of the people that did not support the program became the obstacles encountered in the program implementation (35,36).

The policy regarding the inclusion of salt, sugar, and fat contents in food labels was stipulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Health Number 30 of 2013 and Number 63 of 2015 concerning information on sugar, salt, and fat contents and the health messages for processed foods and fast foods, and the amendments (37,38). The policy aimed to provide the community with correct information about the food they consumed (38). In 2015, the people in the age groups of 15-24 years and >24 years who always read food labels were 33% and 67%, respectively (39). The ability to read food labels in Indonesia varies. A study on university students in Indonesia found that the percentage of students with low knowledge of food-label reading ranged from 2% to 89% (40–44), while the percentage among housewives ranged from 20% to 54% (45,46). Although the ability to read food labels was good, the nutritional information was the least noticed (44). The inclusion of fat information in food labels has financial implications, especially in the small industry group (47). The policy implementation regarding the information included on fast food should be followed by efforts to increase nutrition literacy to increase knowledge, skills, and motivation to read food labels. Strict monitoring needs to be enforced so that the entire food industry can comply with the policy (48,49). Monitoring of the inclusion of fat information on food labels has not been carried out optimally due to lack of human resources and measurement tools (50). The policy is still in conflict with the policies of the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Industry related to the ease of doing business and encouraging the community’s economy (50).

Tabel 3: Effectiveness, efficiency, ethical Consideration, evaluation of alternatives dan establishment of recommendations of the Prevention and Management of Adult Obesity in Indonesia

Tabel 3: Effectiveness, efficiency, ethical Consideration, evaluation of alternatives dan establishment of recommendations of the Prevention and Management of Adult Obesity in Indonesia

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Discussion

The proportion of overweight and obesity in Indonesia was 35.4%, close to the proportion of overweight and obesity in the global population (39%) (2). A total of 33.5% of the Indonesian population had low physical activity, and it increased from 2013 with a proportion of only 26.1% (4). The food intake of the Indonesian population was in accordance with the guidelines for balanced nutrition for the consumption of animal source foods (126.4 g), oil and fat (27 g), which consisted of 70-160 g for animal source foods and less than 67 g for oil and fat  (51). Consumption of vegetables (136.7 g) and fruits (91 g) and were much higher than the recommendation of 250 g of vegetables and 150 g of fruits, while the sugar intake (23.1 g) was much higher than the recommendation (<10 g/day) (51). The share of food expenditure of the Indonesian population (50.8%) was classified as moderate (52), with the percentage of the poor population (9.8%) declined compared to the previous year (10.6%). The average study duration of the Indonesian population was still lower than the expectation of Indonesia’s 9-year primary education (53).

The bivariate analysis indicated that consumption of animal source foods, consumption of oil and fat, the proportion of the population with low physical activity, the average study duration, total per capita expenditure, food and non-food expenditure, and share of food expenditure had significant effects on the proportion of overweight and obesity in the adult group in Indonesia (p<0.05). This relationship changed after performing the multivariate analysis. Oil and fat consumption still had a significant positive effect on the proportion of overweight and obesity (p=0.02). The higher the consumption of oil and fat, the higher the proportion of overweight and obesity among the adult group in Indonesia. The consumption of vegetables had a significant negative effect on the proportion of overweight and obesity (p=0.03). The higher the vegetable consumption, the lower the proportion of overweight and obesity.

Oil and fat intakes were found to be associated with weight gain and the incidence of obesity in several studies. The mechanism of the relationship between fat and obesity was explained by the weight gain that was triggered by the oil intake, especially the long-chain saturated fatty acids found in palm oil (palmitate oil)  (54). Palmitate oil triggers an increase in weight and fat accumulation in the liver and decreases the diversity of microbiota in the intestine that affects the lipid accumulation (55–57). However, several studies also showed that the effects of palmitate oil on weight gain and BMI had not been able to show strong evidence (58). Palm oil is the most widely consumed oil in Indonesian people, and it is processed into various kinds of fried food (3,17).

The vegetable intake affects the proportion of overweight and obesity in Indonesia, independent for other variables in the multivariate analysis. The meta-analysis studies in various countries showed the same relationship in which the high vegetable intake was protective against weight gain and obesity (59). Fiber and water contents in vegetables and fruits increase the volume of food without increasing calorie intake, and they increase the satiated feeling that can make people stop eating quickly (60–62). There was no association found between fruit consumption and the proportion of obesity in this study. The content of simple sugars in fruits that are different according to the type of fruits can trigger weight gain (63,64). However, further analysis of the effect of fruit types on overweight and obesity was not examined in this study.

The effects of vegetables on weight and obesity are different based on the amount of intake (59). The WHO recommended the vegetable and fruit intakes of 400 g a day, with a recommendation of vegetable intake at least 250 g a day based on Indonesia’s guidelines for balanced nutrition (51,65). The average vegetable intake of the Indonesian population is far below the prescribed recommendation (136.7 g) and thereby giving a higher risk of developing various types of diseases (e.g., hypertension, heart disease, and stroke) to the population (66).

Previous studies have shown that overweight and obesity in adults are significantly related to expenditure levels, physical activity, the share of food expenditure, and meat intake (67–70). Expenditure levels, physical activity, the share of food expenditure, and meat intake in this study significantly affect the proportion of overweight and obesity in a simple regression bivariate analysis. However, the significance faded after performing multiple regression analysis. The different associations found in this study and the previous studies can be caused by differences in confounding factors involved in the analysis.

The obesity prevention and management policies related to limiting the consumption of fat and oil and increasing vegetable intake in Indonesia through GERMAS and the inclusion of sugar, salt, and fat contents in food labels showed low effectiveness when observed from an increase in the proportion of overweight and obesity from the previous year. The promotion and preventive activities will be effective if the focus is on the behavioral changes based on the theory of behavioral change approach by using the strategies for the systematic behavioral change process, such as self-assessment, goal-oriented, adjusting individual character through individual or small group counseling, and paying attention to social supports from family or peer educators (71).  Although the GERMAS policy is also conducted using a family approach, some areas still use general approaches that are less suitable to the diverse character of the local community (72). The implementation of GERMAS using the family approach has not been optimal due to constraints in the number and skills of human resources and regional conditions (32).

In Indonesia, the strategy to use the yard to grow vegetables still faces obstacles (35,36). In some countries, the home garden development program to grow vegetables shows good sustainability and effectiveness in increasing vegetable intake (73,74). This program has the potential to reduce the percentage of obesity (75). The success of the program is supported by the integration of the yard development program and regular nutrition education, accompanied by the problem-solving assistance in dealing with technical obstacles in planting (73,74).

The Food Label policy aims to protect consumers by providing the nutritional information needed to make food choices according to their requirements based on healthy dietary practices (76).  The goal can be achieved not only if the community has sufficient knowledge, but it can also be influenced by other factors (e.g., psychological conditions) (77). In Indonesia, the motivation and ability to read the food labels are still varied. In general, the implementation of program policies in developing countries lacks the effectiveness evaluation studies, and thereby it is difficult to improve the activities performed (71).

In terms of efficiency, the GERMAS does not require massive funding with the type of activity reaching all levels of society. Studies on the effectiveness of financing the vegetable intake interventions, similar to GERMAS, have shown that information campaigns are the most cost-effective form of policy (78). The inclusion of nutritional information on the labels is also efficient for improving public health by saving on the health care system financing in other countries, such as America (79).

Obesity prevention and management policies still show various results. However, learning from various countries can be an alternative improvement and development of obesity prevention and management policies in Indonesia, related to the increased vegetable intake and limitation of fat consumption. The policy implementation that shows quite good effectiveness but still requires further studies is the policy concerning menu labeling in restaurants that affects the decrease in calorie intake, especially in the high socioeconomic status group (80,81). In the low-income group, the policy regarding the aid program reformation that includes vegetable vouchers in the aid increases vegetable consumption (82). The policy has the potential to be further studied in Indonesia, although the effectiveness of this policy on weight loss and obesity in adults has not been known.

This research provided an overview of the determinants of overweight and obesity in Indonesia and the implementation of the supporting policies in Indonesia that are important for the efforts to reduce the incidence of overweight and obesity. Several factors that might affect obesity (e.g., genetic and cultural influences) were not included in this research, and thereby the relationship between these factors and the proportion of overweight and obesity in Indonesia could not be explained further. Research with the use of large datasets using individual subjects needs to be conducted to confirm the research results and to describe the variation in the results of each region.

Conclusion

The consumption of vegetables, fat, and oil is a determinant of the proportion of overweight and obesity in Indonesia. Several policies have been executed as the efforts to prevent and overcome obesity related to the determinant, such as GERMAS policy and the inclusion of fat in the food labels. Improving the implementation of policies related to vegetable intake and limiting oil and fat needs to be carried out in line with the implementation of a global strategy for preventing and overcoming overweight and obesity such as increased physical activity. The recommendations for improving the policy implementation strategy are campaigns that need to be carried out based on the theory of behavioral change approach adapted to the local situation, follow-up monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the program policies, and enhancement of nutrition literacy in reading food labels.

Acknowledgement

The authors would like to thank University of Tadulako, Indonesia for financial support for this publication.

Funding Source

The authors received financial support for the publication of this article from University of Tadulako, Indonesia.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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