Effect of Obesity on Cognitive Function: A Comparative Study of Cognitive Level in Normal Weight and Obesity Students at Senior High School in West Java Indonesia
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- 10.2991/ahsr.k.200214.072How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- cognitive function, obesity
- Abstract
The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship of cognitive function between students in normal and obesity categories in high school. The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative research. The population in this study were high school students in Subang City. The technique in this study uses Saturation Sampling and Simple Random Sampling techniques. The samples that have been determined in this study are 44 students high school using descriptive research designs. The instruments used in this study are Growth Chart, grid concentration exercise, digit span, and TPA (Academic Potential Test). The results of the analysis, the value of Tcount for data with Equal Variances Assumed is 2.409 with value of probability (p-value) is 0.02. Based on the data from the analysis, the value of Tcount (2.049) with a probability value (0.020) is smaller (<) than 0.05. Then H0 is rejected, so it can be concluded that there are significant differences in cognitive functions between normal student and obesity categories.
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Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ikbal Gentar Alam AU - Jajat Darajat Kusuma Negara AU - Febby Zelphira PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/19 TI - Effect of Obesity on Cognitive Function: A Comparative Study of Cognitive Level in Normal Weight and Obesity Students at Senior High School in West Java Indonesia BT - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sport Science, Health, and Physical Education (ICSSHPE 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 273 EP - 275 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200214.072 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200214.072 ID - Alam2020 ER -