RT Journal Article
A1 Nadira  Laila
A1 Tamara  Candra
A1 Michelle Hengdayat
A1 Aryabhumi Tegar  Lazuardi
A1 Rona  Mentari
A1 Devanny  Agustine
A1 Tengku Kevin  Effendi
A1 Matthew Kevin King
A1 Marsya Andini Laena  Adefta
T1 Comparison of the effectiveness of diet methods for weight loss: A Kruskal–wallis analysis
JF PRIVIET MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL
YR 2026
VO 1
IS 1
SP 18-30
DO 10.55942/pmj.v1i1.46
AB Obesity is a chronic condition characterised by excessive fat accumulation, representing one of the most critical and growing public health challenges in Indonesia, where national prevalence rose from 10.5% in 2007 to 21.8% in 2018. This study investigates and compares the effectiveness of three widely adopted dietary methods—the Mayo Diet, Ketogenic Diet, and DEBM (Diet Enak Bahagia Menyenangkan) Diet—in promoting weight reduction among university students at Binus University, Alam Sutera campus. A quantitative non-experimental design was employed, with weight loss data collected from 100 student respondents across the three dietary groups. A Kolmogorov–Smirnov normality test was conducted first, revealing that the Keto Diet (Sig. = 0.008) and DEBM Diet (Sig. = 0.000) data were non-normally distributed, while Mayo Diet data was normally distributed (Sig. = 0.063 > α = 0.05). Accordingly, the Kruskal–Wallis non-parametric test was applied. Results demonstrated a calculated chi-square value (H = 0.859) below the table value (5.99), with a significance value of 0.651 exceeding the alpha threshold of 0.05. These findings indicate no statistically significant difference in weight loss effectiveness among the three dietary methods. The study concludes that individual metabolic differences and personal dietary adherence are more determinative of weight loss outcomes than the specific dietary method selected.
K1 obesity, diet methods, Mayo diet, ketogenic diet, DEBM diet, Kruskal–Wallis test, weight loss, Indonesia
LK https://journal.privietlab.org/index.php/PMJ/article/view/46
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