Vegetable and fruit consumption in Indonesia is still low. Schools, through the role of teachers as central figures of education, are considered able to increase children's knowledge and have an impact on increasing the intake of vegetables and fruits in children. This study aims to analyze the increase of vegetables and fruits in children through nutrition education in teachers.The design of this study is quasy exsperiment with pre and post test. The sample of this study amounted to 6 teachers and 102 students in Merjosari 2 Public Elementary School, Merjosari 3 Public Elementary School and Merjosari 5 Public Elementary School. The intervention provided was nutritional education. Data on vegetable and fruit intake was taken using 24-hour food recall, while teacher knowledge was taken using a questionnaire. Data on vegetable and fruit intake were processed using Nutrisurvey.Wilcoxon test results showed that there was a significant difference in teacher's knowledge scores before and after the intervention (p <0.05), there was no difference in students' vegetable intake, both in food portions and eating frequency (p> 0.05), there were significant differences in intake fruit of students, both in portion and frequency of eating (p <0.05), and there were significant differences in the amount of students' nutrients (vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B1, and calcium) (p <0.05). Need to provide nutritional education interventions to parents or guardians of students to increase the intake of vegetables and fruit students so that they can meet the daily nutritional adequacy.
ABSTRAKKonsumsi sayur dan buah di Indonesia masih rendah. Rendahnya konsumsi sayur dan buah berawal dari kegagalan pembiasaan sejak usia dini, termasuk di usia sekolah. Sekolah, melalui peran guru sebagai tokoh sentral pandidikan, dianggap mampu meningkatkan pengetahuan anak dan berdampak pada peningkatan asupan sayur dan buah pada anak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis peningkatan sayur dan buah pada anak melalui pendidikan gizi pada guru. Rancangan penelitian ini adalah quasy exsperiment dengan pre and post test. Populasi penelitian adalah semua guru dan siswa yang ada di SD Negeri Merjosari 2, SD Negeri Merjosari 3 dan SD Negeri Merjosari 5. Sampel penelitian ini berjumlah 6 guru dan 102 siswa. Intervensi yang diberikan berupa pendidikan gizi. Data asupan sayur dan buah diambil menggunakan food recall 24 jam, sementara pengetahuan guru diambil menggunakan kuesioner. Data asupan sayur dan buah diolah menggunakan Nutrisurvey yang selanjutnya