ABSTRACT Smoking habits in the family can affect the quantity and quality of food consumed by the family. Dangers of cigarette smoke can reduce appetite, food expenditure, nutritional status families, and cause disease. This study is a descriptive survey with the aim to reveal the pattern of food consumption with Desirable Dietary Pattern (DDP) approach in smoking households in Berastagi District. The population in this study is the entire family that has one or more family members who smoke and have toddlers or pregnant women in Berastagi District that is 2410 families. The sample is a portion of the population which selected by using the cluster method, that is 100 families. Primary data collection use Food List and Food Frequency form. The results show that mostly smokers families do not consume appropriate food in accordance with the food classification in Desirable Dietary Pattern (DDP). Low energy consumption of smokers families can see from 100 families only 34,0% consume adequate energy (≥AKERK), whereas for 66,0% is inadequate (
Jurnal Gizi Kesehatan Reproduksi dan Epidemiologi trebitan berkala yang dikelola oleh tim Departemen Gizi, Kesehatan Reproduksi dan Epidemiologi Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Sumatera Utara. Jurnal ini merupakan hasil penelitian mahasiswa yang terbaru tentang Gizi, Kesehatan Reproduksi ...