Dietary Density Energy in women aged 19-20 years Widya Ayu Kurnia Putri, Ibnu Zaki
universitas Jenderal Soedirman
Abstract
Obesity and overweight rates are increasing worldwide. obesity and overweight is a global problem with many contributing factors including dietary energy density (DED). High energy density is a reason for over eating there by increasing the prevalence of overweight. Dietary energy density is used to determine the ratio nutrient to total energy and determined based on comparison of nutrient intake with total energy consumed. This study aim to analyse dietary density energy and verify the relationship between dietary energy density and nutritional status. Observational methods that emphasize cross sectional study using 70 respondents with the age of 19 -29 years. DED was calculated for food records within a week. Calculation of DED is obtained through the total daily food energy consumed by the daily food weight. Nutritional status measured using Body Mass Index. Statistic analysis used rank Spearman. The study found significant corelation between dietary energy density and nutritional status (p < 0,05). Most of subjects had adequate intake density (76 %)
Keywords: dietary energy density, obesity, overweighht, DED
