COMPARISON OF VEGETARIANS AND NON-VEGETARIANS IN BODY MASS INDEX INDICATORS AND CHOLESTEROL LEVELS

Helen Sabatini Simbolon (Faculty of Nursing, Indonesian Adventist University, Bandung)
Yunus Elon (Faculty of Nursing, Indonesian Adventist University, Bandung)

JOURNAL of HEALTH SCIENCE REVIEW
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2024): Vol 1 No 2 September 2024

Background: Nutritional status of adults can be seen simply by using body mass index, and especially nutritional status related to vegetarian and nonvegetarian dietary status.Objective: This study aimed to assess the cholesterol levels and BMI of Adventist University Indonesia students. Methods: Using Spearman's rho test, this research technique is quantitative. There were 60 participants who voluntarily gave their consent. The tool used in this study is a lipid profile (measuring tool for cholesterol levels), Results: the study showed that there was no relationship between gender and BMI. While there is a significant relationship to dietary status and cholesterol levels with a unidirectional positive value (p = .000 r = .578).