Jurnal Dunia Gizi
Vol 3, No 2 (2020): Edisi Desember

The Association Between Physical Activity with Nutritional Status of Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Medan City

Erni Rukmana (Program Studi Gizi, Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Negeri Medan, Medan)
Tyas Permatasari (Program Studi Gizi, Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Negeri Medan, Medan)
Esi Emilia (Program Studi Gizi, Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Negeri Medan, Medan)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Dec 2020

Abstract

Background; nutritional status is a condition in which a person's body is healthy or not, which can be seen anthropometrically, biochemically, physically, and dietary intake. The state of excess intake and inadequate activity will lead to excess body weight. During the COVID-19 pandemic, physical activity decreased among adolescents, so there is a risk of being overweight. Objectives; to analyze the relationship between activity and nutritional status in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Medan City. Material and Method; analytical survey with cross-sectional study approach. This research was conducted by collecting data online in Medan City. The sample of this study was adolescents with a random sampling of 99 samples. Results; This study shows that there is a association between physical activity and nutritional status in adolescents with p-value (0,008). Conclusion; physical activity is needed to maintain body weight during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jdg

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Public Health

Description

Jurnal Dunia Gizi (JDG) is a national scientific journal that contains research articles in the fields of Nutrition, Food and Health, which are related to aspects of Clinical Nutrition, Community Nutrition, Nutrition of Athletes, Molecular Nutrition, Nutrition Biochemistry, Functional Food, Food and ...