Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Young Adults: A Call for Early Intervention in Body Composition and Metabolic Health Mirasari Putri1,*, Eva Rianti Indrasari 1, R. Rizky S. Prawiradilaga1
Department of Biochemistry, Nutrition and Biomolecular, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Islam Bandung.
Abstract
The escalating prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome among young adults has become a pressing public health issue, necessitating immediate and proactive intervention strategies. This study aims to investigate the complex relationship between obesity, metabolic syndrome, and body composition.
The study involved 99 participants, categorized into normo-weight (n=51) and obese (n=48) groups. Comprehensive assessments were conducted, including body anthropometry, body composition via bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), blood pressure, and lipid profile measurements. Metabolic syndrome was identified using the NCEP/ATP III criteria, incorporating participants^ cardiometabolic and family histories. Statistical analyses, performed with SPSS version 26.0, involved descriptive statistics, independent T-tests, Mann-Whitney tests, chi-square, and Fisher^s exact tests to evaluate continuous and categorical variables.
The results revealed significant correlations between obesity and various health parameters, including gender (p=0.034), metabolic syndrome (p=0.011), smoking history (p=0.004), and family history of hypertension (p=0.025). Key anthropometric and metabolic indicators, such as body age, waist-to-hip ratio, visceral fat, and blood pressure, were notably associated with obesity. The study highlighted a statistically significant association between obesity and increased prevalence of abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, and reduced HDL-c levels among young adults. Obese participants exhibited multiple NCEP/ATP III criteria, indicating a higher risk of metabolic syndrome compared to the normo-weight group.
Conclusions: There are correlations of elevated of abdominal obesity, visceral sub-cutaneous fat, blood pressure, triglyceride levels, number of fulfilment CEP/ATP III criteria and low HDL-c in young adult between obese and normoweight group. This highlight signals for higher risk for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases earlier in life.
Keywords: Abdominal obesity, Metabolic syndrome, NCEP/ATP III criteria, Obesity, Subcutaneous fat, Visceral obesity, Visceral fat, Young adult.
