Consumption Patterns Of Iron-Rich Foods Among Rural Adolescents
Ibnu zaki1*, Hesti permata sari2, Widya ayu kurnia putri1, afina rachma sulityaning1, farida1,2

1Nutrition Science Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jenderal Soedirman University, Purwokerto, Indonesia, 53123
2Dietetic Laboratory and Nutrition Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jenderal Soedirman University, Purwokerto, Indonesia, 53123

Abstract

Background : Iron deficiency is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency in adolescent from the developing world. consumption patterns of iron-rich foods have become one of the main underlying problems. consumption patterns tend to be less. besides that the selection of iron-rich foods is also still not effective
Purpose : This study aims to analyze the adequacy of iron consumption compared with the nutritional adequacy.
Methods : Analytical cross-sectional study consisting quantitative approaches to data collection and analysis was used in this study. Consecutive sampling technique was adopted and primary quantitative data were collected from 39 adolescent recruited from student of nutrition science study porgram. The primary quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS version 17 software.
Results : Average iron consumption of 5.3 mg. When compared with the nutritional adequacy was still below the iron needs. Most consumption of iron-rich foods comes from plant foods.
Conclusion : Adolescent iron consumption is still classified as deficit and comes from plant foods.

Keywords: adolescent, iron, iron-rich foods, plant foods

Topic: Nutrition and Functional Food