Hubungan Sedentary Lifestyle dengan Status Gizi Remaja pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 di SMPN 14 Jember

Abstract

More nutritional status occurs because of an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. High energy intake is the result of excessive food consumption, while low energy expenditure is the result of lack of physical activity. The Covid-19 pandemic is still ongoing. The impact of activity restriction changes a sedentary lifestyle so that physical activity is reduced and a sedentary lifestyle is increased. Sedentary lifestyle triggers the risk of overweight and obesity in adolescents. This study used analytical observational design with a cross sectional approach which aims to determine the relationship between a sedentary lifestyle and the nutritional status of adolescents. Respondents in this study were teenagers aged 13-15 years. The number of samples was 70 respondents used purposive sampling technique. The instrument used is the Adolescent Sedentary Activity Questionnaire (ASAQ) and the calculation of weight and height using a scale and a microtome. Measurement of nutritional status using standard anthropometric tables for assessing nutritional status in children aged 5-18 years. This study obtained Spearman's rank test results obtained p-value 0.000 (<0.05) and a correlation coefficient of 0.470 which means that there is a significant and unidirectional relationship with moderate strength between a sedentary lifestyle and adolescent nutritional status. It can be concluded that with increasing sedentary lifestyle, nutritional status will also increase. Sedentary lifestyle is a factor associated with overnutrition status because low physical activity causes fat accumulation due to not burning calories.