Pengaruh Citra Tubuh terhadap Perilaku Makan dan Status Gizi Remaja Putri Di SMAN I Medan Tahun 2011

Abstract

Body image is a mental description related to someone’s body shape and size, how someone perceives and evaluates what he/she thinks about the shape and size of his/her body, and how other people would evaluate him/herself. Actually, what he/she thinks and feels does not represent the actual condition but more subjective self evaluation. The purpose of this analytical study was to analyze the influence of body image on the eating behavior and nutritional status of female teenagers at SMUN I Medan in 2011. The population was all of female students in grade X and grade XI at SMUN I Medan. The sample for this study was 213 female students who were randomly selected. The body image was measured by using the questionnaires adapted from Concordia Health Service, eating behavior was measured by using the table of food frequency, and nutrition status was measured by the IMT indicators of WHO in 2005. The result of study showed that there was no significant relationship between body image status and nutrition status (p = 0.074), but there was significant relationship between eating behavior and nutrition status (p = 0.000) and eating behavior had significant influence on nutrition status (p = 0.000). The school management (Counseling and Extension Teacher) is suggested to do health promotion, especially on good eating behavior, to the female students through the School Health Organization (UKS) and periodical extension on nutrition with extension materials such as body image, eating behavior and the ideal body weight for female teenagers.