PjBL Collaboration and Health Teamwork: Keep Your Body Ideal: Recognize the Dangers of Obesity and How to Prevent It!

FIKES UPNVJ - On Saturday, December 7, 2024, FIKES UPN "Veteran" Jakarta students held a counseling activity with the theme "Keep Your Body Ideal: Recognize the Dangers of Obesity and How to Prevent It!" which was successfully implemented at the Cahaya Madinah Orphanage on Saturday/December 7, 2024 at 08.00 WIB to 9.40 WIB. This activity was attended by 29 male/female students at the Islamic boarding school aged 11-19 years. This event aims to increase public awareness, especially teenagers at the Cahaya Madinah Orphanage Foundation, regarding the dangers of obesity and the importance of maintaining ideal body weight. With the increasing prevalence of obesity associated with unhealthy eating patterns and lack of physical activity, this activity is expected to provide comprehensive information about the causative factors, health impacts, and obesity prevention strategies.

This counseling discussed the factors that cause obesity and its impact on health, healthy eating patterns and physical activity that are effective in preventing obesity, taught weight management strategies that are easy to apply in everyday life, in addition, the counselor also encouraged behavioral changes towards a healthy lifestyle in a sustainable manner.

The series of counseling events began with an opening by Indah Suci and Rafifah Fauziah as MCs, followed by remarks from Nisrina Ananda Wiarfa as the Chairperson of the Counseling Committee. The final remarks were delivered by Roqiqoh ​​Mahmudah as the Chairperson of the Cahaya Madinah Orphanage Boarding School Foundation. The pretest session was held after the remarks. The main event included anthropometric measurements and counseling. Anthropometric measurements were carried out by Syifa, Divia, Abhista, and Wulan. Counseling was delivered by Dhiya, Dea, and Talitha.

In addition to the counseling session, this activity also included an interactive question and answer session, where participants could discuss directly with the resource person. Active counseling participants received rewards in the form of prizes. The event was closed with ice breaking, filling out post-tests, providing refreshments to participants, handing over certificates to the Islamic boarding school, and a group photo session.

Through this counseling, it is hoped that participants can implement a healthy lifestyle as an initial step in preventing obesity.