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Obesity will weigh down state budget: Govt

The government is concerned with the increase of individuals deemed obese because the health implications associated with weight problems would be a burden on the state’s fiscal ability

The Jakarta Post
Yogyakarta
Wed, October 16, 2013

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he government is concerned with the increase ofindividuals deemed obese because the health implications associated with weightproblems would be a burden on the state'€™s fiscal ability.

'€œIn my opinion, obesity among urban residents is a problem,'€ said Bambang Sardjono, a Health Ministry expert on institutional capacity building and regional autonomy, said after opening a seminar on nutrition at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta on Saturday.

Bambang said obesity resulted from financial developments and the number of overweight residents had exceeded those deemed malnourished.

'€œBased on the 2012 Basic Health Research, only 11.6 percent of the population aged above 19 years old were malnourished
while 22.8 percent were obese,'€ the told the seminar that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the university'€™s agriculture engineering faculty.

The phenomenon was not limited to Indonesia but a worldwide problem, he added.

Bambang said obesity caused various non-communicable diseases such as heart issues, diabetes and high cholesterol.

'€œ[If we do not prevent this situation] health issues caused by obesity will burden the state budget,'€ he said

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