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Jurnal Kesehatan Medika Udayana Vol.10 No.02 Oktober 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47859/jmu.v10i02.517

ABSTRACT
Background: Prevalence of obese adolescents in Indonesia has increased every year. In
2018, Indonesian adolescents suffering from obesity reached 8.8%. One of the causes of
the increasing problem is an imbalance in nutritional intake. Sweet snacks and fatty snacks
are popular snacks among adolescents. This snacking habit can risk the incidence of
obesity in adolescents. Obesity in adolescents can have various negative impacts on
adolescents, both in terms of health, and in terms of mental health which will also affect
adulthood. Purpose: This study was to determine the relationship between the habit of
consuming sweet snacks and fatty snacks with the nutritional status of adolescents at
SMAN 18 Bekasi City. Methods: This study used analytic observational method with
cross sectional design conducted at SMAN 18 Bekasi City. The sample of this study
amounted to 100 respondents who were taken by consecutive sampling method. Data were
collected using a 24-hour food recall questionnaire and analyzed using fisher's exact
statistical test. Results: Based on the results of the analysis, the p-value of the variable
consumption habits of sweet snacks with nutritional status is 0.771 (p>0.05) with OR
0.744 and the p-value of the variable consumption habits of fatty snacks with nutritional status is 1.000 (p>0.05) with OR 0.948. Conclusion: There is no significant relationship between consumption habits of sweet snacks and fatty snacks with nutritional status
among adolescents at SMAN 18 Bekasi City.