Many studies on metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Indonesia were conducted but the study on female workers was scarce. The aim of this study was to obtain the proportion of MetS and its risk factors. Study design was cross-sectional and a number of 59 female workers aged 25-49 years at garmen factory in Bogor, West Java was pregnant or breastfeed women participated in this study. Collected data …
ABSTRACT Restaurants appear and develop in line with consumers needs. Therefore, if they are not sup¬ported with good application of sanitation, the existence of restaurants may contribute to health problem such as food poisoning as well as the spread of gastrointestinal disease, for example, diarrhoea. The study was aimed to understand the relationship between the application of sani¬tati…
ABSTRACT Schools are educative institution whose function is for building, fostering and improving the quality of human resources. The application of clean and healthy living behavior is very impor¬tant to maintain the health of school aged children. One example of the application of that behavior is hand washing, nonetheless there are many schools that lack of hand washing facilities. Besi…
ABSTRACT According to the guidelines of the Indonesian Ministry of Health 2011, wasted children should be given supplementary feeding. Nutrition composition of supplementary foods for those who are wasting are not the same as severely malnourished as well as wellnourished children. This study aimed to assess food preference test and compliance among wasting children aged under three years gi…
Street foods have an important role in contributing school children energy and nutriens need. Nationally, there is a serious problem on the safety of street food near schoool, therefore an effort is needed to overcome the problem. The objective of this study was to develop a simple model to solve the safety problem of street food near school. The study was conducted in two steps. The first step…
The use of chemical pesticide in order to control pest problems in crops which is related with people's demand is unavoidable. However, inappropriate use of pesticide willlead to bad impact on human health and the environment. The study was aimed to know the relationship between pesticide related attitude and practice of totiecco farmers in Kelurahan Pleret Kecamatan Bantul and pesticide concen…
Street foods have an important role in contributing school children energy and nutriens need. Nationally, there is a serious problem on the safety of street food near sch000l, therefore an effort is needed to overcome the problem. The objective of this study was to develop a simple model to solve the safety problem of street food near school. The study was conducted in two steps. The first step…
Wet noodle is a food product with high water level which can reach 52 %. Eventhough, formaline is a harmful chemical which is prohibited for food, nonetheless it is often used for preserving ingredient in wet noodle production. Chitosan is a by-product of shrimp and crab processing which can be utilized as a substitution of formaline. The study was aimed to understand whether the preserving tim…
One of the government's efforts in tackling the problems of cold lava (food victims of post Merapi eruption was building temporary shelter houses or known as hun tara. Similar with the common houses, the sanitation facilities of those shelter houses also need maintainance in order to minimize the potentiality of disease spreading. Therefore, the objective of the study was to determine the relat…