Breakfast Eating Habit and Dairy Consumption in Relation to Nutritional Status among Junior High School Student in Painan, West Sumatra Province

Breakfast and dairy consumption has been labelled the most important meal of the day, especially in early adolescent. This study was conducted to analyse the nexus between breakfast habit and dairy consumption with the nutritional status of junior high school in Painan, West Sumatera Province. This research method is correlation descriptive with a sample of 67 junior high school students taken by quota sampling method. The instrument used in the form of a questionnaire sheet for Breakfast Habit, dairy consumption and nutritional status of adolescents. Bivariate analysis of statistical tests used chi square test. The results showed that 29 students (43%) belonged to the thin category, the breakfast habit in the skipper category was 23 people (34,3%), dairy consumption in the rare category was 10 people (15%). Bivariate analysis described a relationship between breakfast habit and dairy consumption with the nutritional status of students with p values of 0.2 and 0.0001, respectively. In conclusion, breakfast habit have significant correlation with nutritional status of students. From the results of this study, it is suggested that there is a need for nutritional education to students to increase the awareness of breakfast and dairy consumption.