Sarapan dan jajan berhubungan dengan kemampuan konsentrasi pada remaja

Abstract

Background: Adolescence is a phase that a human has to pass through in life to become an adult. Bureau of Statistical Centre (1999) reported that total number of adolescent people from 10-19 years old group in Indonesia is about 22% of its total population. High school adolescent often does not have breakfast due to many different reasons such as being in a hurry when going to the school. Breakfast is able to provide carbohydrate for increasing blood glucose supply. In a normal blood glucose supply, passion and concentration as a student would be better so that it makes positive impact to raise productivity.Objective: This study aimed to define correlation between breakfast and have snack at break time habit with concentration capability on high school adolescent in Palangka Raya city.Method: This study was an observational research in cross sectional design. The number of research subject for prevalence test were 106 students for not breakfast group which in screening result were not in anemic condition, while for hypothesis test the mean difference for the two independent groups the total number of subject were 80 persons that consist of 40 subjects for breakfast group and 40 subjects for not breakfast group. Data collection was obtained from body weight and height measurement to explore nutritional status; food recall method to give information of breakfast and have snack at break time, energy, carbohydrate, protein and fat intake; digit symbol and digit span test to explore concentration capability to visual and audio information. The data was processed and analyzed in analytic descriptive way using Spearman correlation test and t-test.Results: This study indicated that 37.7% - 38.8% adolescent in SMAN 1 Pahandut Palangka Raya did not have breakfast. Analytical statistic result showing adolescent who has breakfast has significantly higher concentration capability (using digit symbol and digit span test) than adolescent group who did not have breakfast (p<0.05). Having snack at break time adolescent group had significantly higher concentration capability by using digit symbol test than adolescent group who did not have snack at break time (p<0.05).Conclusion: There was correlation between breakfast and have snack at break time with concentration capability on high school adolescent.

Pengaruh Media Kampanye Sarapan Sehat Terhadap Perubahan Pengetahuan, Sikap, Dan Kebiasaan Sarapan Anak Sekolah Dasar Di Kabupaten Bogor

“…Sarapan pagi bagi anak usia sekolah sangat penting, karena waktu sekolah anak-anak banyak melakukan aktivitas yang membutuhkan energi cukup besar. Hasil penelitian pada anak sekolah dasar di Kabupaten Bogor menunjukkan ada perbedaan yang nyata dalam kemampuan konsentrasi menggunakan uji digit simbol antara anak yang biasa sarapan dengan yang tidak biasa sarapan (Muchtar 2011). Penelitian lain menunjukkan bahwa konsumsi sarapan dapat meningkatkan fungsi kognitif yang berhubungan dengan memori, nilai tes, dan kehadiran di sekolah (Rampersaud et al 2005).…”

Hydration status and learning concentration of adolescents during online learning in the era of Covid-19 pandemic

“…Adolescents are less accustomed to having breakfast, which can have a harmful negative effect because all nutrients derived from dinner have already been converted into energy and circulated throughout the body 6 . In the morning, the brain requires nutrient intake in the form of blood glucose that channels energy for the brain to work optimally.…”

Kebiasaan Sarapan pada Mahasiswa Aktif

“…sebaiknya mengandung makanan sumber karbohidrat, protein, tinggi serat, dan rendah lemak (Noviani, 2011). Melewatkan sarapan dapat berisiko untuk menjadi obesitas dan memiliki gangguan kesehatan (Muchtar, 2011). Obesitas dapat terjadi karena ketika anak tersebut melewatkan sarapan dan merasa lapar maka mereka akan mengkonsumsi makanan berkalori lebih tinggi yang didapatkan dari makanan jajanan.…”