The THE RELATIONSHIP OF FOOD CONSUMPTION THROUGH ONLINE FOOD ORDERING FEATURE WITH THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF ADOLESCENTS DURING A PANDEMIC IN DEPOK HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

Nutritional status is the state of the body, resulting from the balance of intake and utilization of nutrients. The direct cause of an individual’s nutritional status was food consumption. The Covid-19 pandemic had a huge impact on lifestyle changes, one of which was food consumption through the online food ordering feature. The study aimed to determine the relationship between meal consumption and snack consumption through the online food ordering feature, and the nutritional status of adolescents during a pandemic at Senior High School of Depok City. This study was a quantitative study with a cross-sectional design approach by using chi-square test and Fisher’s Exact test. The population in this study were teenagers at Senior High School of Depok City, the sample was 79 people taken by simple random sampling method. The analysis showed that meal consumption through the online food ordering feature had a relationship with the nutritional status of adolescent during a pandemic in at Senior High School of Depok City (p = 0,003). There was no significant relationship between the consumption of snack through the online food ordering feature and the nutritional status of adolescent during a pandemic in at Senior High School of Depok City (p = 1,000). The conclusion obtained was that the majority of respondents had high consumption meals through the online food ordering feature, consumption of snacks through the online food ordering feature was not high in calories, and had normal nutritional status. Respondents were advised to always choose foods that supported body health, monitor weight and height regularly in order to know the nutritional status.

Keywords: Food consumption, nutritional status, adolescent