FACTORS RELATED TO THE SELECTION OF SNACK FOOD IN SCHOOL STUDENTS AT SDN 33 LUBUKLINGGAU CITY

Abstract

Snack food is an important food for the growth of children, because it provides the energy and nutrients needed for the growth of the child. The problem is, hawker food in circulation today can not all be guaranteed safety and nutritional content so it needs to get special attention in developing hawker food, because it can indirectly be one of the important obstacles in the development of Indonesian human resources in the future. The purpose of this research is to find out the factors related to the selection of snack food in school children at SD Negeri 33 Lubuklinggau City. The design of the research used in this study is quantitative research using survey methods, and with a cross sectional approach where independent variables (knowledge about hawker food, attitudes towards hawker food, snack money, habits of carrying provisions, breakfast habits and peer influences) and dependents (selection of hawker food) are examined simultaneously. With the population is all students in SD Negeri 33 Lubuklinggau city that meets the criteria of inclusion and exclusion, the number of respondents was obtained as many as 75 people. The results in this study showed that factors related to the selection of snack food in school students at SD Negeri 33 Lubuklinggau city have a relationship between knowledge (p- value=0.004), snack money (p-value=0.014), the habit of carrying supplies (p-value=0.024), breakfast habits (p-value=0.029), and the influence of peers (p-value=0.049) and there is no relationship between the attitude of snack food and the selection of snacks (p-value=0.337). and snack money is the most dominant variable associated with the selection of snack food in school children. The most dominant variable associated with the selection of snack food in school students is snack money.