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Journal of Applied Food and Nutrition 4(2) (2023) 55-60 https://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/JAFN/index

Background: Students in health college are addressed to have
healthy lifestyle, such as having good food habit. Good food habit
can be shaped from consuming variety of food. Varied food can
prevent nutrient deficiency, one of them is anemia that suffered
by one-third women in Indonesia. This study aims to assess diet
diversity among college students at STIKes Mitra Keluarga.
Research Methods: This study is cross sectional study. About 225
respondents join the study, give information about what their eat
during 24 hours, twice, with questionnaire from Minimum Dietary
Diversity for Women (MDD-W). The formular consists of 14 food
groups and 4 additional groups.
Research Result: The results show 9.4% students with score <5 out
of 14. The highest score is 13, and the lowest is 2. The biggest
proportion is staple food group, followed by green leafy vegetable
group, egg group, and dairy product. Hal of students consumed
salty snack and fried snack also sweets. Around 71.9 respondents
have habit to consume supplements such as vitamin C,
multivitamin, and multimineral.
Conclusion: Based on the study, it concludes that some students
already have diverse dietary habit, but there are still some
students consume not many types of food, include consuming
empty calorie food.