Hubungan Kebiasaan Sarapan dengan Status Gizi dan Prestasi Siswa SMA N 1 Pangururan Kabupaten Samosir

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the correlation of student’s breakfast habit to nutritional satus and academic performance. A cross sectional study was conducted in this study. Subjects were 35 female student and 35 male student. The result showed that male student (77.14%) and female student (85.71%) have normal nutritional status. The level of nutrition knowledge of male student (82.86) and female student (82.86%) were classified good. Breakfast frequency of female student (65.71%) more regular than male student (51.43%). Most of subjects were don’t have enough time to breakfast. Energy and protein adequacy were 25.25% and 18.26% from breakfast. Subjects academic level (58.57%) were classified as good category. Spearman rank correlation showed a not significantly correlation between nutrition knowledge and nutritional status (p>0.05). However, there was a significant correlation between breakfast and academic performance (p<0.05)