Food Habits and Physical Activity in Relation to the Nutritional Status of Adolescents in Urban and Rural Senior High Schools in Bogor

Abstract

The aim of this study was to know the food habits and physical activity in relation to the nutritional status of adolescents in urban and rural Senior high Schools in Bogor. The design of the research was a cross-sectional study, the number of subjects was 70 students from urban and rural. The data collection was carried out by using questionnaires, food recall 2x24 hour, physical activity recall 1x24 hour and anthropometry measurements. The results indicated that about 40% of urban adolescents were getting pocket money between Rp.20, 000-29,990 while 37.10% of rural adolescents were getting pocket money below Rp.10, 000 which shows the urban adolescents were getting more allowances than rural adolescents. Around 80.0% of total the urban adolescents have normal nutritional status while 57.1% of rural adolescents have normal nutritional status and 31.4% of rural adolescents were thin whereas 5.7% of urban adolescents were thin. The majority of the study participants have breakfast before leaving for school, also the majority of urban adolescents have more snack than rural adolescents. Generally, rural adolescents were physically active while most of the urban adolescents were physically inactive.