RISK ANALYSIS AND IMPLICATIONS OF OVERWEIGHT IN ADOLESCENTS IN THE RIVER BANK AREA, BANJAR DISTRICT, SOUTH KALIMANTAN Atikah Rahayu1, Fahrini Yulidasari1, Muhammad Irwan Setiawan1 Minna Salsabilla2, Naima Nabila2
1 Lecturer of the Department of Health Nutrition, 2 Students of the Public Health Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Banjarmasin, Indonesia
Abstract
Background: One of the effects of a shortage of protein, calcium and nutritional status (overweight) is the low degree of bone density. Adolescents before the age of 20 years experienced rapid bone formation. Whereas 37.0% of the 15-49 month age group still consume energy <70% of the minimum requirement of energy, protein intake was <80% of the minimum need protein.
Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the adequacy of intake of protein, calcium and nutritional status and the degree of bone density in girls.
Methods: This research is quantitative with cross sectional design. Data were analyzed by univariate and bivariate.
Results: The results showed 37.8% respondents have the category of protein intake is not good and not good calcium intake amounted to 42.2% and there was a significant relation between low calcium intake and nutritional status is not normal in adolescents (p = 0.000).
Conclusion: Nutritional status is not normal in adolescence and risk of decrease in bone density associated with insufficiency teenagers to consume protein per day on an ongoing basis, so that the necessary preparation of nutritional intervention is appropriate, comprehensive and integrated in order to improve people^s habits for eating foods sourced fish as a source of protein-based local food since early in order to improve health status.
Keywords: risk of overweight, protein intake, calcium intake, bone density, adolescents
