| dc.description.abstract | The transition between childhood and adulthood is the period of puberty be marked is rapid body growth, the
appearance of secondary sex features, menarche, and psychic changes. Menarche is too early to be associated
with risk factors for some malignant disease such as ovarian cancer, breast cancer, and myoma. Hyperplasia
cholecystitis, incidence of uterine cancer and risk of Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM / Type
II) as adults. The consumption of junk food tends to increase from year to year. Consumption of junk food tends
to increase which affects nutritional improvement. This is because the fat content, animal protein and trans fat
contained in junk food will trigger the release of hormones that affect the occurrence of menarche and the
emergence of secondary signs in children faster than normal age. The purpose of this study analyzed the effect
of junk food consumption on early puberty incidence on female teenagers of junior high school in Jember
regency. This study was conducted in two stages, the first quantitative observational analytic study with cross
sectional design and the second stage of the laboratory using pre experimental design with one shot case study
approach for the most frequently consumed food samples. The sample of this research is 88 female teenagers of
junior high school. Data analysis was processed using logistic regression test of significance level p<0.05.
Result showed that there was significant effect between junk food consumption pattern on early puberty
statistically p = 0.002. The laboratory test results also showed that the fat content of junk food on average over
20%. Consumption habits, consumption time and percentage of fat consumed from junk food affect the
incidence of early puberty in female teenagers, while the frequency of consumption does not affect the incidence
of early puberty. | en_US |
