#obesity

Collection of obesity news, found 215 news.

Jakarta launches "Jakstar" to fight teen diabetes with gamification

The Jakarta provincial government has launched the “Jakstar” program to help prevent non-communicable ...

Poor lifestyle putting Jakartans at risk of diabetes: official

The Jakarta Health Office has highlighted that poor lifestyle choices are putting people at risk of early-onset ...

Indonesia’s minister praises Smart MOOC’s impact on civil servants

Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Nasaruddin Umar has praised the Smart Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) ...

Jakarta: Obesity among civil servants becomes serious concern

The Jakarta provincial government has raised concern over obesity among civil servants (ASNs), as being obese is ...

Indonesia's BGN recommends nutrition lessons for school children

Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has proposed to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education that ...

Government limits high-sugar F&B advertising against childhood obesity

The Health Ministry partnered with the Communication and Digital Ministry to restrict the promotion of foods and ...

Get free health check to enable early disease handling: govt

Deputy Minister of Health, Dante Saksono Harbuwono, has urged the community to participate in the Free Health Screening ...

Half of Indonesian women have abdominal obesity: ministry

The Health Ministry has reported that 50 percent of women and 25 percent of men in Indonesia have central or abdominal ...

Over 8 million Indonesians receive free health screenings: minister

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that 8.2 million Indonesians have benefited from free health screenings so ...

Free health checks one of world's largest health programs, PCO says

The Indonesian government has provided a budget of US$300 million for the Free Health Checks (CKG) program, making it ...

Free screening allows people to check kidney health: official

The government's Free Health Screening (CKG) program enables people to get tested for symptoms of kidney disease at ...

BPOM seeks completion of nutri-grade labeling in 2025: Official

Head of the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) Taruna Ikrar expressed confidence that the nutri-grade policy, or ...

Govt to put health front and center with free screenings

In February this year, the central government will launch free health screenings, considered one of the flagship health ...

Indonesia urges public to join free health screening program

Indonesia's Ministry of Health is urging the public to utilize the free health screening program, launched to ...

Free meals program to improve human resources: Indrawati

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said that the Free Nutritious Meals program aims to improve Indonesia's ...