Studi Karakteristik Pertumbuhan Remaja Berdasarkan Ekosistem Wilayah di Provinsi Jawa Barat

Abstract

The study aimed to analyze the characteristic of adolescents growth using the Height/Age and BMI /Age based on ecosystem area in the Province of West Java. Design of the research is the cross sectional study use the secondary data from riskesdas 2007. The number of samples was 1674 adolescents. The growth characteristics of adolescents in the district of Garut according to Height/Age correlated with the work of the head of the family (p= 0,001 and r= -0,145), and BMI/Age correlated with the consumption of protein per capita (p= 0,028 and r= - 0,093). District of Bandung’s adolescents had the growth characteristics of Height/Age correlated with education families (p= 0,040 and r= 0,081), the work of the head of the family (p= 0,003 and r= -0,118 ), energy consumption per capita (p= 0,031 and r= -0,085 ), and protein consumption per capita (p= 0,002 and r= -0,124) and to BMI/Age Correlated with education families (p= 0,017 and r= 0,095 ). Growth characteristics of adolescents district of Cirebon for Height/Age correlated factor was an energy consumption per capita (p= 0,044 and r= -0,086), while BMI/Age correlated with education families (p= 0,016 and r= 0,102).