Indonesian Journal of Health Research and Development
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): Indonesian Journal of Health Research and Development

The Influence of Health Education on Knowledge and Attitudes About Diet for Obesity Prevention in Students of SMK Mahaputra Cerdas Utama, Bandung Regency

Tasya Putriliady (Institut Kesehatan Immanuel Bandung)
Roselina Tambunan (Institut Kesehatan Immanuel Bandung)
Berlyna Saragih (Institut Kesehatan Immanuel Bandung)
Tri Ardayani (Institut Kesehatan Immanuel Bandung)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Jun 2023

Abstract

Diet is a method or effort to control the type and quantity of food consumed for a certain goal. Obesity is characterized as an abnormal or excessive buildup of fat that is harmful to health. Health education involves changing behaviors in a dynamic way, going beyond merely imparting knowledge or concepts from one person to another. The goal of this study was to ascertain how health education affected students at SMK Mahaputra Cerdas Utama in Bandung Regency's knowledge and attitudes regarding obesity prevention diets. The one group pretest-post test is used in this research method's pre-experimental study design. With a total of 125 respondents, proportionate stratified random sampling was employed as the sampling strategy. Test analysis using Wilcoxon. The results of the study of the knowledge variable are the p-value of 0.000 or <0.05. For the attitude variable, the p-value is 0.000 or <0.05. The conclusion of this study shows that there is an influence of health education on knowledge and attitudes about obesity prevention diets for students at SMK Mahaputra Cerdas Utama, Bandung Regency. It is recommended that students continue to adopt a healthy diet and increase physical activity that involves optimal body movement to prevent obesity.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijhrd

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Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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Indonesian Journal of Health Research and Development with E-ISSN: 2987-9671 is a journal managed by CV Media Inti Teknologi. Publish articles on Research activities in the fields of : 1. Nursing 2. Medicine 3. Pharmacy 4. Health Innovation 5. Kebidanan (Bostetrics) 6. Healthy Education 7. Nutrition ...