Parenting Style, Feeding Patterns, and Adolescent Eating Behavior in South Kalimantan between Male and Female Adolescents

Nurfitriliani Fitri,Dwi Hastuti,Lilik Noor Yuliati

doi:10.29244/jfs.4.2.130-142

Abstract

Parenting style and parenting eating patterns are a way of controlling teenagers eating behavior. This study aims 1) to analyze gender differences in adolescent characteristics, family characteristics, feeding patterns, and eating behavior; 2) to analyze the effect of adolescent characteristics, family characteristics, and feeding patterns on adolescent eating behavior. This study used a cross-sectional study design with survey methods. The sample of this study was 160 adolescents (61 boys and 99 girls who were in grade 10 of high school). The results of the T-test showed that there were no significant gender differences in adolescent characteristics and family characteristics. There were significant differences in authoritarian parenting style, feeding patterns and eating behavior between boys and girls. The results of the regression analysis showed that eating behavior was influenced by age and feeding patterns.

Highlights

Adolescence is a vulnerable and critical age period, especially in eating behavior problems due to dissatisfaction with their physical appearance (Kurniawan, Briawan, & Caraka, 2015)
There was no significant difference between the ages of male and female adolescents (p>0.05)
The results of this study indicate that the authoritarian parenting style was reported the most by male adolescents than female adolescents

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Introduction

Adolescence is a vulnerable and critical age period, especially in eating behavior problems due to dissatisfaction with their physical appearance (Kurniawan, Briawan, & Caraka, 2015). Striegel-Moore, and Seeley (2000) state that eating disorders generally occur in adolescence and young adults with an increase in the rate at the age of 10. The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia (2015) mentions the eating behavior of Indonesian adolescents, including not always having breakfast (65.2%), consuming less fiber derived from fruit vegetables (93.6%), and often consuming foods that are flavorful (75.7%). Poor nutritional status experienced by adolescents 15 years and over by 16%. National data states that very underweight adolescents aged 13-15 years are as much as 2.4 percent and underweight nutritional status as much as 7.4% (Ministry of Health, 2015)

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