DESCRIPTION OF DIETARY DIVERSITY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN ADOLESCENTS AT SMP N 1 PENDOPO BARAT EMPAT LAWANG DISTRIC

Abstract

Adolescents are vulnerable to nutritional problems including undernutrition and overnutrition. Food diversity plays a role in meeting nutritional needs, both macro and micro. Abnormal nutritional status will have an impact, one of which is on adolescent brain development. Objective: to determine the description of food diversity and its relationship to nutritional status in adolescents at Junior High School 1 Pendopo Barat, Empat Lawang Regency. This research method is analytic observational using cross sectional design. A total of 92 students were selected using simple random sampling technique. the results of the analysis showed 85.9% of adolescents had good food diversity and most adolescents had good or normal nutritional status (82.6%). Bivariate analysis using the chi square test showed a significant relationship between dietary diversity and adolescent nutritional status (p-value = 0.009). There is a relationship between dietary diversity and parental income with adolescent nutritional status and no relationship between age, gender and maternal occupation with adolescent nutritional status. It is recommended for adolescents to increase the consumption of milk, fruits and vegetables sources of vitamin A, and green vegetables and limit the consumption of offal.