South Asian Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (SARJHSS)
Volume-2 | Issue-01
Original Research Article
Comparative Analysis of Knowledge, Attitudes and Balanced Nutrition Practices in Urban and Rural High School Students in Pinrang Regency
Yulis Tinta, Vonny Polopadang, Sudirmman, Galuh Vidyaningrum
Published : Jan. 22, 2020
Abstract
Nutrition is an important issue for school students in cities and villages. In terms of determining what to consume, it influences knowledge of attitudes and practices in choosing foods and applies patterns that are under the general information of balanced nutrition. This study aims to determine the comparison of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of balanced nutrition in urban high school students with rural high school students in Pinrang Regency 2017. The type of research in this study is a comparative study that is a study comparing the state of one or more variables in two or more samples is different, with the number of respondents 45 respondents in urban high schools and the number of respondents in rural high schools 45 respondents determined using accidental sampling. Based on the results of research conducted showed that for the knowledge variable with a value of p = 1,000 where (p> 0.1), for the attitude variable with a value of p = 0.822 where (p> 0.1), and for the practice variable with a value of p = 0.925 where (p> 0.1) this shows that there is no difference in knowledge, attitudes, and practices of balanced nutrition between urban high school students and rural high school students means the null hypothesis (Ho) is accepted so that there is no difference in knowledge, attitudes, and practice of balanced nutrition between urban high school students and rural high school students in Pinrang Regency. Teenage eating behaviors in both cities and villages need to be improved with the assistance of parents and the school because all students have not been eating well according to the general message of balanced nutrition.