CONSUMPTION OF THE VEGETABLE AND FRUIT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MAMUJU REGENCY, WEST SULAWESI
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The studies say that by applying the consumption pattern of vegetables and fruits since the early age of children will contribute positively to the intake of vegetables and fruit until adolescence and adulthood. The problem of malnutrition in Indonesia is still a high prevalence of public health problem. Among 33 provinces, there are three provinces that have very high prevalence categories, namely West Sulawesi, West Papua, and East Nusa Tenggara. In West Sulawesi, the prevalence of malnutrition with indicators weigh per age is ≥ 30%, and the prevalence of malnutrition with indicators height per age is ≥ 50%, whereas according to WHO (2010) the prevalence is very high if ≥ 30 percent. This research is a descriptive study. The aim of the study was to identify the consumption of vegetables and fruits among elementary school children in Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi. The total samples were 156 elementary school children and were taken proportionally random sampling. The research results show that vegetable consumption is generally less (100%). Similarly, fruits consumption shows that more children with consuming fewer fruits, as many as 136 people (87.2%). It is expected that there will be an intervention program in the form of nutritional education related to the importance of consumption of vegetables and fruits and the amount of sufficient vegetable and fruit intake for children..
Keywords: Vegetable, Fruit, Elementary School, Children, Nutrition.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32382/uh.v2i1.1824
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