The Impact of Nutrition Education on Healthy Eating Habits Among Adolescents

Abstract

Nutrition is an essential component of human growth, especially in adolescents. Therefore, eating healthy food is very important for teenagers. But unfortunately, not all teenagers understand which food is healthy or not. Therefore, there is a need for good nutrition education for adolescents. This research was conducted to see how the influence of nutrition education on healthy eating habits for adolescents. This research will be performed using a qualitative approach. The data used in this study comes from the results of previous research and studies which still have relevance to the contents of this research. The results of this study then found that a lack of nutritional supply can cause various diseases for the health of adolescents. Therefore, nutrition education needs to be given to adolescents properly. Knowledge of the nutritional content of food can then change adolescents’ diets in a healthy direction.