Consumption Pattern and Nutrition Conseling Roles on Obesity of Integrated Primary School Students

Abstract

The optimal growth of school-age children depends on providing nutrients with good and correct quality and quantity. One of the health efforts is to improve nutrition of elementary school age children. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship of consumption patterns and nutrition counseling to the incidence of obesity. The type of research used was observational with a cross sectional study approach. The population and sample of this study were students with exhaustic sampling with 146 samples. This research was conducted at the Rama Integrated Islamic Primary School in Makassar City. The results showed that consumption patterns associated with the incidence of obesity with a value of p (0.00) <0.05, nutritionlcounseling was associated with the incidence of obesity with a value of p (0.01) <0.05. The conclusion is that there is a relationship between consumption patterns and nutritional counseling on the incidence of obesity. For students who have already suffered from obesity in order to maintain regular and strict diet and physical activity and consult a nutritionist.