Hubungan Persepsi Tubuh dengan Status Gizi pada Mahasiswi Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta

The growth and development that occur in adolescents are influenced by nutritional status. Factors that influence this nutritional status include food intake, physical activity and other factors that indirectly affect nutritional status, namely body perception. This body perception will produce an attitude and then encourage adolescents to carry out an action that affects their food intake so that it can affect their nutritional status. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between body perceptions and nutritional status at the Faculty of Health Sciences students of the Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. The research method used was observational with a cross sectional design. The sample in this study were 91 students of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Muhammadiyah Surakarta, who were selected by the Simple Random Sampling and who met the inclusion and the exclusion criteria. Body perception data was obtained using the Multidimensional Body Self Relation Questionnaire-Appearance Scales (MBRSQ-AS) questionnaire. Nutritional status data is stated in BMI. Data analysis was conducted by using Pearson Product Moment correlation test. The results of the research obtained were the Respondents' perceptions of their bodies were classified as negative at 53.8%. Whereas nutritional status is classified as normal or good at 47.3%, although there were still many respondents who still had nutritional problems, namely malnutrition status of 21 respondents (23.1%) and over nutrition status of 27 respondents (29.6%). The results of the relationship analysis show the value of p = 0,000, which means that there was a relationship and the value of r=-0,382 which means that the relationship was inversely proportional. The results of the analysis showed that there was correlation between body perception and nutritional status of the students of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta