HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP MENGENAI GIZI SEIMBANG TERHADAP STATUS GIZI PELAJAR KELAS XI DI SMA NEGERI 3 PALU

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES
ABOUT BALANCED NUTRITION ON THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF
CLASS XI STUDENTS AT SMA NEGERI 3 PALU
Ni Luh Radha Aryandhita*., Rayka Marina walanda **., Sumarni***., Devi
Oktafiani *****
*Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Tadulako University
** Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tadulako University
*** Department of Nutrition-Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine,
Tadulako University
***** Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Tadulako University
ABSTRACT
Background: Adolescent knowledge of nutritional knowledge is a person's
understanding of nutrition science, nutrients, and the interaction between nutrients
and nutritional status and health. School age or adolescence is the period that is
most likely to experience nutritional problems because that period is the transition
period from adult children, due to irregular meal times, food frequency and the
many types of food consumed can result in malnutrition in adolescents.
Objective: To determine the relationship between knowledge and attitudes about
balanced nutrition on the nutritional status of grade XI students at SMA Negeri 3
Palu.
Methods: This study used an observational analysis research design with a cross-
sectional quantitative approach. The determination of the sample based on the
inclusion criteria from the researcher then used the slovin formula so that the
sample obtained was 84 respondents from grade XI students at SMA Negeri 3
Palu. The data obtained was based on the results of the questionnaire distribution.
Analysis of the data used by the spearman test.
Results: The study showed that the respondents had good knowledge as much as
100% with nutritional status in the normal category as much as 52.4%.
Respondents who had an attitude with an adequate category were 66.7% with
nutritional status in the normal category as much as 52.4%. The results showed
that knowledge was not significantly related to the nutritional status of grade XI
students at SMA Negeri 3 Palu (p=0.827) and attitudes were not significantly
related to the nutritional status of grade XI students at SMA Negeri 3 Palu
(p=0.548).
Conclusion: It can be concluded that there is no significant relationship between
knowledge and attitudes regarding balanced nutrition on the nutritional status of
grade XI students at SMA Negerin 3 Palu.
Keywords: Knowledge, attitude, balanced nutrition, nutritional status.