Faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan perilaku sarapan pagi pada siswa sekolah menengah pertama di Madrasah Tsanawiyah (MTs) al-Hidayah Jakarta Barat

Breakfast is an important activity before performing the physical activities on that day. Due to miss breakfast has suffered the decline in the risk of blood sugar levels with the signs include: weakness, cold sweat, decreased consciousness and even fainting. For school children, this condition is causing the decline of learning concentration, which reduce academic achievement. Based on preliminary studies on Al-Hidayah Islamic Junior was discovered that most students do not eat breakfast than students who do eat breakfast. Therefore, research on the behavior of breakfast. This study aimed to determine the factors associated with behavior breakfast at junior high school student in the Islamic Junior High School (MTs) of Al-Hidayah West Jakarta in 2010, using cross sectional study conduced in February � March 2010. Based on the reseach, known factors that influence the behavior of breakfast is the availability of breakfast factor and the maternal employment. While the most dominant variables associated with behavior of break fast is the availability of breakfast that can increase the risk of 8.877 times. Therefore, it is advisable for students take time to do breakfast again before beginning the activity so getting a complete and balanced nutrition to support their daily activities. For mothers, should give examples to get used to eat in the morning, providing breakfast lunch if the child does not have time to make breakfast at home. If the mother does not have time to cook and provide breakfast then switch the task to athe family members such as fathers, sisters, grand mothers, or housemaids; or can bereplaced by buying food that is ready to eat. For school, there is an intense collaboration between the schools with parents, should be held behavior counseling about the importance of breakfast, the holding in the school breakfast program. For related institutions, in policy making further study on the impact on all sectors. For further research: to conduct a similar study among schools that use the Jakarta government's policy to enter hours 6:30 am, with who did not use the policy to obtain the difference between the behavior of school breakfast on the use of government policies and school that do not use the policy and influencing factors