Breakfast Habits and Breakfast Quality of Elementary School Children with Learning Concentration
Amilia Yuni Damayanti1*, Wilda Laily Ramadhani2, Indahtul Mufidah3, Qotrunnada Fajr Roiqooh4

Universitas Darussalam Gontor

Abstract

Background: Breakfast and quality of breakfast can fulfilling the energy needs required by the body by about 15-30% of the Nutritional Adequacy Rate (RDA). Adequate energy is needed by elementary school children to increase blood sugar intake and help maintain learning concentration.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between breakfast habits and breakfast quality with learning concentration of elementary school children aged 10-13 years.
Methods: The design of this study was cross sectional research methods, sampling techniques using purposive sampling techniques with the calculation of the slovin formula to get results as many as 119 using a breakfast habit questionnaire in the form of a Likert scale. Breakfast quality data by conducting food recall interviews for 3 days. Study concentration data using the Grid Concentration Test questionnaire.
Results: The results showed that students who had good breakfast habits were 90,8% of respondents and bad breakfast habits were 9,2% of respondents. Based on the results of the correlation between breakfast and learning concentration with a p value = 0,032. Based on the results of the correlation between energy intake at breakfast with learning concentration with a p value = 0,019. The correlation between protein intake at breakfast with learning concentration with a p value = 0,248 > 0,05. The correlation between fat intake at breakfast with learning concentration with a p value = 0,1000 > 0,05. The correlation between carbohydrate intake at breakfast with learning concentration with p value = 0,039 < 0,05.
Conclusion: There is a correlation between breakfast habits and learning concentration. There is a correlation between energy intake and carbohydrate intake at breakfast with learning concentration. There is no correlation between protein intake and fat intake at breakfast with learning concentration.

Keywords: Breakfast habits, breakfast quality, elementary school children, learning concentration

Topic: Nutrition Science and Functional Food Development