<![CDATA[ABSTRACTBackground: Nutritional problems among school-age children remain a public health concern, including stunting and obesity. These conditions are influenced by low levels of nutrition knowledge and attitudes, particularly regarding the concept of food triguna. The limited availability of engaging and age-appropriate nutrition education media may hinder children’s understanding of healthy food choices.Objectives: This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of food triguna education using the Nutrition Match as an educational media on the knowledge and attitudes of students at SD Negeri 101 Palembang City.Methods: This study employed a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental pretest–posttest kontrol group design. Proportional Stratified Random Sampling technique was used to select the study participants. The total number of respondents was 72 students aged 9-14 years, who were divided into an experimental group and a kontrol group, each consisting of 36 students. The normality test was conducted using the Shapiro-Wilk test. The knowledge data in the experimental group were normally distributed therefore, the Paired T Test was used. Meanwhile, the knowledge data in the kontrol group and the attitude data in both groups were not normally distributed, so they were analyzed using the Wilcoxon Rank Test. Differences between groups were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test.Results: The results of the Paired T Test and Wilcoxon Rank Test showed significant differences in knowledge and attitude scores within each group (p value = 0.001). Based on the Mann-Whitney test between the experimental and kontrol groups, there was a significant difference in the effect of the Nutrition Match media and leaflet media on knowledge (p value = 0.018) and attitudes (p value = 0.001) among school children at SD Negeri 101 Palembang City.Conclusion: The conclusion is that the Nutrition Match media is more effective in improving school children’s knowledge and attitudes regarding the food triguna compared to leafet media.Keywords: School-aged children; nutrition match; knowledge; attitude; food triguna ABSTRAKLatar belakang: Permasalahan gizi pada anak usia sekolah merupakan isu kesehatan masyarakat yang masih banyak ditemukan, seperti stunting dan obesitas. Hal tersebut dipengaruhi oleh rendahnya pengetahuan dan sikap gizi, khususnya terkait konsep triguna makanan. Keterbatasan media edukasi gizi yang menarik dan sesuai karakteristik anak sekolah dapat menghambat pemahaman memilih makanan sehat.Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi efektivitas edukasi triguna makanan menggunakan media Nutrition Match terhadap pengetahuan dan sikap siswa SD Negeri 101 Kota Palembang.Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan desain Quasi-Experiment Pretest-Posttest with Kontrol Group. Teknik pengambilan sampel pada penelitian ini menggunakan metode Proportional Stratified Random Sampling. Responden penelitian berjumlah 72 siswa berusia 9-14 tahun yang dibagi ke dalam kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol masing-masing berjumlah 36 siswa. Uji normalitas menggunakan Shapiro-Wilk. Data pengetahuan pada kelompok eksperimen berdistribusi normal sehingga uji statistik yang digunakan yaitu Paired T-Test, sedangkan pengetahuan kelompok kontrol serta sikap pada kedua kelompok tidak normal sehingga dianalisis dengan Wilcoxon Rank Test. Perbedaan antarkelompok diuji menggunakan Mann-Whitney.Hasil: Hasil uji Paired T-Test dan Wilcoxon Rank Test menunjukkan adanya perbedaan skor pengetahuan dan sikap pada tiap kelompok (p-value = 0,001). Berdasarkan uji Mann-Whitney pada kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol, terdapat perbedaan efektivitas antara media Nutrition Match dan media leaflet pada perubahan pengetahuan (p-value = 0,018) dan sikap (p-value = 0,001) anak sekolah di SD Negeri 101 Kota Palembang.Simpulan: Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini yaitu media edukasi Nutrition Match lebih berpengaruh terhadap peningkatan pengetahuan dan sikap triguna makanan pada anak sekolah daripada media leaflet.Kata Kunci: Anak sekolah; nutrition match; pengetahuan; sikap; triguna makanan]]>
