Analisis Pemilihan Makanan pada Remaja di Kota Padang, Sumatera Barat

Food consumption was associated to economic, culture, education and life style. Introducing variety of food in early age influences teenager in choosing food. Food preferences was the degree of like or dislike for food. Adabiah Senior High School is one of famous schools in Padang, located in center of Padang town which is very strategic. In this school, last researchindicated that 16% students were overweight. The aim of this research is to know factors related with student food preferences at Adabiah school in Padang. A cross sectional study was conducted with 111 samples. The result showed that 86,5% of respondents like fruits very much, while 63,1%dislike non-animal protein Factors related with food preferences were allergy to animal protein, boys for preferences of fruits and food smell for preferences of main food. Our suggestion are health education to teenager about variation and balance of food consumption for their nutritional and health status