Media Pendidikan Gizi dan Kuliner
Vol 13, No 1 (2024)

The Influence of Nutritional Knowledge and Food Choice Attitudes on the Eating Behavior of Adolescents in Kediri District

Hadi, Stifani Dianisa Prafita (Unknown)
Soeyono, Rahayu Dewi (Unknown)
Sutiadiningsih, Any (Unknown)
Miranti, Mauren Gita (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Apr 2024

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of nutritional knowledge and food choice attitudes on adolescent eating behavior. A total of 77 people aged 12-21 years were surveyed using purposive sampling in Kediri Regency, East Java. The research design was observational with a cross-sectional approach. The results showed that 67.53% of teenagers were female and 32.47% were male. 50.65% of teenagers had good nutritional knowledge, 64.94% had adequate attitudes towards food choice, and 61.04% had adequate eating behavior. The correlation test showed no significant relationship between nutritional knowledge and attitudes towards food choice, while the correlation test showed a significant relationship between nutritional knowledge and adolescent eating behavior and food choice attitudes and eating behavior. A multiple correlation value (R) of 0.005 was obtained, indicating that there is an influence between nutritional knowledge and attitudes towards food choices on eating behavior in adolescents.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

Boga

Publisher

Subject

Education Social Sciences Other

Description

Journal of Nutrition and Culinary Education Media (JMPGK) is a six-monthly journal containing manuscripts in the fields of education, nutrition and culinary. The scope of JMPGK is in the form of research results and critical-analytical studies in the fields of Education, Nutrition and Culinary. The ...