Hubungan Stres, Kualitas Konsumsi, dan Status Gizi Mahasiswa pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19

Abstract

Mahasiswa merupakan golongan yang paling sering mengalami stres. Stres dapat menyebabkan emotional eating dan akan memengaruhi asupan dan kualitas konsumsi seseorang. Emotional eating dalam jangka waktu lama dapat memengaruhi status gizi. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis hubungan antara stres, emotional eating, kualitas konsumsi dan status gizi mahasiswa. Desain penelitian menggunakan cross-sectional dengan 42 subjek yang dilakukan pada bulan Oktober–November 2020 secara daring. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa semua subjek mengalami stres. Sebagian besar subjek mengalami emotional undereating dan lainnya mengalami emotional overeating. Asupan dan densitas gizi subjek tergolong kurang, namun keberagaman konsumsinya cukup baik. Terdapat hubungan antara stres dan emotional undereating serta emotional overeating dengan asupan lemak, asupan zat besi dan kecukupan zat besi, emotional undereating dengan asupan dan kecukupan karbohidrat dan vitamin A serta densitas vitamin C. Status gizi berhubungan dengan dengan emotional overeating, asupan, kecukupan dan densitas vitamin A dan zat besi namun tidak terdapat hubungan antara stres dengan status gizi.

College’s student experiences stress the most. Stress can cause emotional eating and affect the intake and quality of consumption. Emotional eating in a long term can affect nutritional status. This study aims to analyze the relationship between stress, emotional eating, quality of consumption and nutritional status of college’s students. The research used a cross-sectional study with 42 subjects and conducted online from October–November 2020. The result showed that all subjects experienced stress. Most of the subjects known to experience emotional undereatin while the other experience emotional overeating. The intake and nutrient density of the subjects were classified as defficient, but had a fairly good food diversity. There is a relationship between stress and emotional undereating, emotional overeating with fat and iron intake, emotional undereating with carbohydrate and vitamin A intake. Nutritional status positively related to emotional overeating, and vitamin A and iron intake. There’s no relationship between stress and nutritional status.