Description Of the Nutritional Status of Young Women at SMP YPAK PTPN III SEI KARANG

Dea Febrina
Rani Suraya
Elsa Yoreina Purba
Jelita Suryani Siregar
Putri Suci Ramadiah
Sheila Megarani

KOLABORASI: Journal of Multidisciplinary
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025): July

Adolescent girls are a group that is vulnerable to nutritional problems. The nutritional status index for female adolescents aged 13–15 years in Medan City is 8,12% undernutrition and 22,29% overnutrition. This figure is higher than the nutritional status of North Sumatra, which is 7,3% undernourished and 17,7% overnourished. This study aims to determine the nutritional status of adolescent girls at YPAK PTPN III Sei Karang Middle School. This type of research is quantitative descriptive research with a cross-sectional study design, which means that data is collected simultaneously or all at once with a sample size of 50 people. The results showed that the BMI of 40 respondents (80%) had normal nutritional status, 6 people were undernourished (12%), 3 people were overnourished (6%), and 1 person was obese (2%). The upper arm circumference of respondents was normal (23,5–28,5 cm) 35 people (70%), malnourished (<23,5) 11 people (22%) and overnourished (>28,5 cm) 4 people (8%). From the results of this research, it can be concluded that the majority of adolescent girls have good nutritional status.