Abstract
ABSTRACTThis research aims to determine the effect of nutritional counseling in the form of booklets towards knowledge, consumption of energy and protein of children in elementary school. This research is a quasi-experimental design with a controlled group pre-post test. This research was conducted in August-September, 2017. The study population was students of 5A and 5B grades of SDN 16 East Pontianak. The samples are 24 children, each group consist of 8 children by randomly sampling. Group 1 was given nutrition counseling with booklet media once a month, group 2 was given twice a month and group 3 was given 3 times a month. Data analysis used paired t-test and independent test. The results showed that knowledge of group 1 increased by 11.0%, group 2 increased by 11.0% and group 3 increased by 10.5%. Energy consumption in group 1 increased to 1270.6 calories, group 2 decreased to 1310.7 calories, and group 3 increased to 1204.2 calories. Protein consumption in group 1 increased to 43.9 gr/day, group 2 increased to 48.5 gr/day, group 3 increased to 39.4 gr/day. In conclusion, the mean score of knowledge in each group significantly increased before and after the intervention as well as energy and protein intake. However, there was no difference before and after the intervention. Counseling about healthy breakfast is needed so that student nutrition can be fulfilled.Keywords: Booklet, Nutrition Knowledge, Energy, protein
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