Klojen (malangkota.go.id) – Deputy Mayor of Malang Ali Muthohirin opened the Socialization of Healthy and Fit Lifestyle Patterns for State Civil Apparatus (ASN) of Malang City held by the Malang City Health Service (Dinkes) in the Meeting Room of Malang City Hall, Wednesday (26/2/2025).
Deputy Mayor Ali Muthohirin in his direction said that this socialization is a manifestation of the healthy living community movement (Germas) which aims to popularize a healthy lifestyle culture and abandon unhealthy habits and behaviors. This socialization is carried out while providing education on the right preventive measures for health problems experienced.
"Socialization of healthy lifestyles like this is very important to do. We as public servants are obliged to maintain health, because our main responsibility is the best service for the community, the main requirement of which is that we must all be healthy," he said.
This socialization, said Ali, is a continuation of the health checks on 11.000 ASN in the Malang City Government environment in 2024. "This program is ongoing. So gradually we will start to socialize a healthy lifestyle so that ASN Malang City remains healthy and fit," he concluded.
On the same occasion, the Head of the Malang City Health Office, Dr. Husnul Muarif, added that from screening methods the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that was carried out in 2024, the most potential NCDs were diabetes, hypertension, and blood vessel disorders.
"Based on the results of the examination, it shows that several ASN are indicated to be unhealthy. So through this socialization, it is hoped that unhealthy lifestyles can change for the better," Husnul hoped.
Husnul further explained that based on screening methods health that has been carried out, there are approximately fifteen percent of ASN detected hypertension, ten percent diabetes, and less than ten percent indicated blood vessel disorders. "If from the percentage, it seems that only a few are detected with diabetes. But from the total of 11.000 who were-screening, "So 1.100 people are indicated as having diabetes," he added.
Husnul said that PTM is not necessarily directly related to the workload of ASN, because there are internal and external factors that underlie the disease that attacks. "Internal factors come from conditions in the body that are already structured. While external factors have many causal factors, including lifestyle at home, in the surrounding environment, and also in the work environment," he concluded. (cah/yn)
