ABSTRACT
 
 Hernia Nucleus Pulposus (HNP) is a disease, where soft pads between vertebrae are compressed and broken, resulting in narrowing, being overweight will increase the burden on the spine and pressure on the disc, so maintaining weight with balanced nutrition will be very helpful sufferers in an effort to maintain and improve the state of HNP.
 This research was conducted to determine the effect of nutritional counseling with pocket media on the eating behavior of HNP (Hernia Nucleus Pulposus) patients in the Neurology Clinic dr. Kolman Medan.
 This type of research is a quasi-experimental (Quasy experiment) with a non-randomized one group design pre-test post-test design, without a control group. Held in July - August 2019, the sample was an outpatient who was diagnosed with HNP (Hernia Nucleus Purposus) who was treated at the Neurology Clinic dr. Kolman, who was selected by "Purposive Sampling" as many as 55 samples.
 The results of the study, in this study based on statistical values ??using the difference test obtained p. Pre test knowledge value - post test knowledge p value. Value (sig) 0,000 <0.05, then H0 is rejected and HA is accepted. For pre counseling attitudes - post counseling attitudes, p value. Value (sig) 0.001 <0.05, then H0 is rejected and HA is accepted, as well as for nutrient intake, using the difference test obtained p. Pre test intake value - Post test intake p value. Value (sig) 0.001 <0.05, then H0 is rejected and HA is accepted, so it can be concluded that there are differences in the average Knowledge, attitudes and behavior before counseling and after nutritional counseling with the pocket book media.
 
 Keywords: HNP, Counseling, Pocket book, Eating behavior