Nutrition Education of Booklet Media on Knowledge and Nutritional Intake of Obese Adolescents in Palembang

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10.2991/assehr.k.210415.025How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Media and booklet, Knowledge, nutrition, obesity

Abstract

One of the nutritional problems that occur in adolescents is overweight (obesity) caused by high food intake but not balanced by adequate physical activity and high-calorie diets but contain little fiber. The 2013 Basic Health Research Data shows that the prevalence of obesity among adolescents aged 16- 18 years is 1.6% while the prevalence of obesity in South Sumatra Province is higher than the national level of 4.8%. This study aims to look at the Effect of Media Booklet Nutrition Education on Knowledge and Adolescent Nutrition for Obesity in Palembang City. This type of quasi experimental research design PreTest - PostTest with control. The research sample was 70 obese adolescents in SMA and SMK Methodist 2 in Palembang. The treatment group got the intervention in the form of lectures and booklets 4 times while the comparison group was only given lectures. Data were analyzed using paired t-test and independent t-test. The results showed that the average knowledge score in obese adolescents who got lectures and booklets increased by 2.69 while the intake of energy, protein, fat, carbohydrates and weight decreased. In the comparison group the average knowledge score only increased by 1.06 while the intake of energy, protein, fat, carbohydrates, and body weight increased. Nutrition education through media booklets and lectures increases knowledge and nutrition intake in obese adolescents compared to lecture methods alone

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mardiana
AU  - Yulianto
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/19
TI  - Nutrition Education of Booklet Media on Knowledge and Nutritional Intake of Obese Adolescents in Palembang
BT  - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Health, Social Sciences and Technology (ICoHSST 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 109
EP  - 114
SN  - 2352-5398
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