Correlation between body image physical activity and sleep duration with nutritional status teaching-students at the University of Darussalam Gontor for girls

Abstract

Background: Malnutrition both overweight and malnutrition in children and adolescents often occur in developing countries. At this time many factors affect the nutritional status of adolescents including physical activity, psychological aspects (body image) and sleep duration. Objective: This study aims to determine the risk factors associated with the nutritional status of teaching-students at the University of Darussalam Gontor. Method: This research is an observational survey research with cross-sectional study design. Research subjects were 94 teaching-students 18-21 years old at the University of Darussalam Gontor For Girls. Statistical tests use the Gamma correlation test to determine the relationship between independent variables and dependent variables. The results of this study indicate that there was a significant correlation between body image and nutritional status (p = 0.030) and there was no significant correlation between physical activity (p = 0.385) and sleep duration (p = 0.156) with nutritional status.