HUBUNGAN PERILAKU MAKAN TINGGI NATRIUM TERHADAP TEKANAN DARAH PADA SISWA SMP DI KOTA YOGYAKARTA

Background : Hypertension is a health problem that if left untreated can lead to degenerative diseases. Behavior of the people who used to eat foods lower in sodium turning to people who consume foods high in sodium. Snack food commonly consumed by adolescents has sodium content is not small, it can lead to the possibility of the emergence of a variety of health problems related to nutrition, including hypertension which can continue until adulthood and the risk of morbidity and mortality is higher. Objective : This study aims to determine the relationship between eating behavior of high sodium and blood pressure on junior high school students. Method : This research uses observational study with case control design. Number of samples required 90 people. Variable in this study is eating behavior of high sodium as independent variable and blood pressure as the dependent variable. The test that use to determine the relationship between variables is chi square test. Results : Prevalence of junior high school students who have a blood pressure that categorized to hypertension according to age, sex, and height is 27.5%. Consumption habits of foods containing high sodium by junior high school students come from processed foods, food packaging, beverage packaging, and ingredients that are often added to foods. The average of sodium consumption respondent is 1152.65 mg per day. Sodium intake was not associated with blood pressure, p = 1.000 (p> 0.05) with OR = 1.11. Consumption frequency of food sources of sodium are not associated with blood pressure, p = 0.526 (p> 0.05) with OR = 1.43. Conclusion : There is no relationship between eating behavior of high sodium with blood pressure