Abstract:
Nutrition has a major role in the life cycle. Everyone needs same nutrients, but it is different
amounts. The nutritional requirements change throughout life cycle, and closely related to growth and
development of a person in his present life. Teenager Nutrition is one of the most important factors
and major development determinants of teenager growth, as in adolescence, the hormonal changes
that cause the rapid growth of other phases in life except the first year of life. This research aimed to
investigate the relationship between dietary habit and students' nutritional status at boarding school of
Roudlatul Hidayah . This research method used cross sectional analytic. The samples of research were
all teenager students (15-17 years) in Roudlotul Hidayah Boarding School Pakis village District
Trowulan Mojokerto in 2015 as many as 37 students, three people drop out because they could not be
found during the research so that the sample 34 students. dietary food was measured by the Food
Frequency Questionnaire and nutritional status of BMI calculation results. Data analysis used
statistical test Spearman Rho. The results showed a total of 18 students (52.9%) had dietary habit in
the category of less than statutes energy needs. The nutritional status of majority students were in the
underweight category in 18 students (52.9%). Statistical data analysis with Spearman Rho test using
SPSS version 20.0 was known that the P value (0.000) <α (0.01) so that there was a relationship
between dietary habit and nutritional status. Meal frequency, type and amount of food would affect
food intake that have an impact on nutritional status. So it needed for improvements in dietary habit
both in quantity and quality and variety of the food menu.
