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

Abstract

Background:Excessoffatmasscanleadtoobesityandincreasetheriskofnon-communicable diseases which will affect a person's quality of life. One of the way to prevent the risk of non- communicablediseasesisthroughvegetariandietintervention.Accordingtotheory,peopleon 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 vegetariandiet.

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 andlacto-ovo vegetariangroupaged15-64yearsintheDenpasarvegetariancommunitywas103respondents. 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-Whitneytest.

Result: Based on respondent characteristics data, it was found that 75.8% of respondentswere aged25-54years,respondentsweredominatedbywomenwithapercentageof55.3%,64%of respondentswithobesityclass1hadincreasedfatmass,35.7%withobesityclass1and64.3% withobesityclass2hadhighfatmass.Analysisofthedifferenceinfatmassbetweenthevegan 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.