Relationship of Eating Behavior Based on Eating Attitude Test (EAT)-26 with Adolescent Nutritional Status

<p>Introduction: In Indonesia, the problem of malnutrition and over nutrition is a problem that<br>still often occurs in adolescence. Many factors determine the nutritional status of adolescent,<br>one of them is eating behavior. Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the relationship<br>between eating behavior based on Eating Attitude Test (EAT)-26 with nutritional status in<br>adolescents in Islamic High School 1 Sleman Yogyakarta. Methods: This study was an<br>observational study using cross-sectional design on 172 adolescent who selected by total<br>sampling. Eating Attitude Test (EAT)-26 questionnaire is at risk for eating behavior at risk.<br>The hypotheses were tested using Kendall’s tau correlations. Results: The results showed<br>that the majority of adolescent had risk eating behaviors in the low category, namely as many<br>73(42,4%) and had nutritional status in the normal category of 84 adolescents (48,8%). This<br>shows that the lower the risk of eating behavior, the better/normal nutritional status. The<br>results of cross-sectional analysis have a value of r=0,144 and p=0,033 (p value =0,05).<br>Conclusion: There is a relationship between eating behavior at risk with nutritional status<br>in adolescents in Islamic High School 1 Sleman Yogyakarta</p>