Research Article
The relationship between diet and physical activity with nutritional status in children aged 9-12 years in Primary School 1 of Batannyuh Tabanan
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.11-2-2020.2301977, author={N K P Dewi and D A A A S Astini}, title={The relationship between diet and physical activity with nutritional status in children aged 9-12 years in Primary School 1 of Batannyuh Tabanan}, proceedings={The Proceedings of the 1st Seminar The Emerging of Novel Corona Virus, nCov 2020, 11-12 February 2020, Bali, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={NCOV}, year={2020}, month={11}, keywords={relationship nutritional status primary school}, doi={10.4108/eai.11-2-2020.2301977} }- N K P Dewi
D A A A S Astini
Year: 2020
The relationship between diet and physical activity with nutritional status in children aged 9-12 years in Primary School 1 of Batannyuh Tabanan
NCOV
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.11-2-2020.2301977
Abstract
Nutritional status is the state of the body's end result of the balance between the nutrients intake and its utilization. Nutritional problems that usually occur are lack of nutrition and excess nutrition. Various factors can affect nutritional status including diet and physical activities. The purpose of this research is to know the relationship between diet and physical activities with nutritional status in children aged 9-12 years. The research used the design of analytical cross sectional with 60 children from Primary School 1 in Batannyuh, Tabanan. The instrument used in this research is a questionnaire that has been tested for validity. Data was analyzed by using a Somers’d correlation test. The results showed that most of the respondents had a good diet (51.7%), poor physical activity (53.3%), and normal nutritional status (51.7%). There is a significant relationship with the mild positive correlation between diet and nutritional status (P = 0,025) and between physical activity and nutritional status (P = 0,026). Result of this study are expected to be useful both theoretically and practically in order to perform promotive or preventive actions related to nutritional status in children.
