DIFFERENCES IN BODY FAT MASS AMONG VEGAN AND LACTO-OVO VEGETARIAN GROUPS AGED 15-64 YEARS IN DENPASAR VEGETARIAN COMMUNITY

Deborah Amanda Hadi, Yudita Wulandari, Susan Susan

Abstract


Background: Excess of fat mass can lead to obesity and increase the risk of non-communicable diseases which will affect a person's quality of life. One of the way to prevent the risk of non- communicable diseases is throughvegetarian diet intervention. According to theory, people on a vegetarian diet have low fat mass. However, it turns out that several studies have shown the opposite results in the form of high fat mass or the incidence of obesity in vegetarian groups. Therefore, researchers want to clarify people's understanding of the relationship between fat mass and a vegetarian diet.

Objective: To analyze the differences in fat mass between the vegan and lacto-ovo vegetarian groups aged 15-64 years in Denpasar vegetarian community.

Method: The research design is cross-sectional. The population using the vegan and lacto-ovo vegetarian group aged15-64 years in the Denpasar vegetarian community was 103 respondents. The sample for this study was 47 vegans and 56 lacto-ovo vegetarians and all of them met the inclusion criteria. Fat mass was measured using BIA and type of diet through a respondent characteristics questionnaire. Data analysis using the Mann-Whitney test.

Result: Based on respondent characteristics data, it was found that 75.8% of respondents were aged 25-54 years,respondents were dominated by women with a percentage of 55.3%, 64% of respondents with obesity class 1 hadincreased fat mass, 35.7% with obesity class 1 and 64.3% with obesity class 2 had high fat mass. Analysis of thedifference in fat mass between the vegan and lacto-ovo vegetarian groups found p=0.513 (p>0.05), which means the results were not significant.

Conclusion: There was no difference in fat mass between the vegan and lacto-ovo vegetarian groups.


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fat mass; vegan; lacto-ovo vegetarian

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33508/jwmj.v6i4.5653

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