Abstract
Introduction: Eating habits including food choice are responsible formalnutrition problem in Indonesia. For example, fast foods are very popular in adolescent life, especially who lives in urban areas. The objective of this research is to analyze the relationship of daily intake of Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs), fibers and vitamin C with nutrition status in adolescent girls.Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in 150 adolescent girls of senior high schools who were in grade X and XI in Kediri city, East Java Province. Data of AGEs, fibers and vitamin C intake were determined using a 24h food recall questionnaire for two alternating days.Nutrition status was based on body mass index for age based on the z-score issued by the Indonesian Ministry of Health. The chi square and multiple logistic regression test was used to analyze the relationship of those variables with nutrition status. The significant level was set up at p value < 0.05.Results: The prevalence of overweight and obese was 26% in adolescent girls. Inadequate daily intake of fibers and vitamin C was commonly found in adolescent girls whilst AGEs were highly consumed by adolescent girls. AGEs intake (OR=1.85; 95% CI: 0.88-3.85; p=0.101), fiber intake (OR=0.92; 95% CI: 0.43-1.99; p= 0.839) and vitamin C intake (OR=0.85; 95% CI: 0.36-1.99; p=0.710) were positively related to nutrition status but it was not statistically significant.Discussion: High intake of AGEs and low intake of fiber and vitamin Cincreases the risk of overweight and obese in adolescent girls, compared to those who have low intake of AGEs and high intake of fibers and vitamin C but it was not statistically significant.International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Vol. 04 No. 02 April’20 Page : 109-113
Highlights
Over the past several decades, the prevalence of obesity has increased in epidemic proportions, in developed and developing countries[1], such as Indonesia that has encountered double burdens of malnutrition
Human subjects in this study were 150 adolescent girls who were in grade X and XI from those schools, and they were selected using stratified random sampling
Data of Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs), fibers and vitamin C intake were obtained from 2x24 hours food recall questionnaires, which were converted into daily intake using the previous study conducted by Uribarriet al.7for AGEs and the Nutrisurvey software respectively
Summary
Over the past several decades, the prevalence of obesity has increased in epidemic proportions, in developed and developing countries[1], such as Indonesia that has encountered double burdens of malnutrition. In East Java province, the prevalence of adolescent malnutrition is 7.9% for underweight, 11.3% for overweight and 5.1% obesity.[3]. Fast foods are very popular in adolescent life, especially who lives in urban areas. Those foods are prepared by using high temperature like broiled, grilled, roasted or fried, which result in increase of Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs).[7]. Consumption of those foods for a long timecan cause human cell damages such as brain, lung, muscle and endothelial cells.[8]
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