Habits Correlation Of Vegetables and Fruit Consumption, Nutrition Intake, Physical Activity, and Family Support with Nutritional Status of Adolescents 16-18 Years Old
Nanda Rizkha Heratama, Kusnandar, Suminah

Science of Nutrition, Graduate School of Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

In the adolescence period, balanced nutritional intake should be fulfilled as a growth spurt of physic and change in body composition which significantly occurs in a short time. In case the consumption quality is inadequate, it would cause nutritional imbalances in the whole body, growth inhibition and triggers chronic diseases in the future such as overweight or obese. Therefore, this research aims to analyze habits correlation of vegetables and fruit consumption, nutrition intake, physical activity, and family support with nutritional status of adolescents. This method consists of proportional random sampling, questionnaire section, and data analysis using linear regression method. The result showed that fiber consumption and family support has significant positive relationship with body mass index/age. The final result of multivariate modeling analysis indicated that the independent variable was family support factor. This implies that each 1 point score increases in family support will enhance the body mass index/age score by 0.027 points. In conclusion that, the nutritional status of adolescents is most affected by the family support which indicated by a positive correlation with increased vegetables and fruit consumption. Hence, this research would be applicable to encourage better family nutrition in health education which created smart and healthy adolescents.

Keywords: balanced nutrition-body mass index-linear regression analysis-obesity

Topic: Medicine and Health Sciences