Disease Prevention and Public Health Journal
Vol 10, No 2 (2016): Kes Mas: Jurnal Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat

NUTRITIONAL STATUS, NUTRIENT INTAKES AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN RELATION TO PHYSICAL FITNESS

Mustakim, Mustakim (Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta)
Ahmad, Kusdinar (Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Sep 2016

Abstract

Background: The study focused on the physical fitness of Senior High School?s students at Sragen, Central Java in 2010. The purpose of this study was to determine the relations between nutritional status, nutrient intakes, and physical activity to physical fitness measured by fitness test using Indonesia?s Physical Fitness Test for aged 16-19 years minus pull-up test. Method: This study was a cross-sectional design. The data was collected from 198 Senior High School?s students at Sragen; Central Java aged 16-19 years. Result: The result showed that 63.6 percentage of respondent belonged to the weak condition. Sports activity and sex were significantly related to physical fitness. Conclusion: The researcher suggests that students should keep their sports activity goes on in the regular and active condition especially for female students.

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Journal Info

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dpphj

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Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

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Disease Prevention and Public Health Journal e-ISSN : 2720-9997 is an open access and peer-reviewed journal that published empirical quantitative research and/or qualitative research on the epidemiology, biostatistic, nutrition, family health, climate change, infectious and non-infectious diseases, ...