Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Environmental Risks and Public Health, ICER-PH 2018, 26-27, October 2018, Makassar, Indonesia

Research Article

Macro-Nutrient Intakes, Nutritional Status, and Menstrual Disorders of Adolescent Girls at Islamic Boarding School in Bone District

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.26-10-2018.2288913,
        author={Rahayu  Indriasari and Ealdryani  Ealdryani and Devintha  Virani and Sabaria  Manti and Healthy  Hidayanti and Masni  Mappajanci},
        title={Macro-Nutrient Intakes, Nutritional Status, and Menstrual Disorders of Adolescent Girls at Islamic Boarding School in Bone District},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Environmental Risks and Public Health, ICER-PH 2018, 26-27, October 2018, Makassar, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICER-PH},
        year={2019},
        month={11},
        keywords={macro-nutrients menstrual disorder adolescent girls boarding school},
        doi={10.4108/eai.26-10-2018.2288913}
    }
    
  • Rahayu Indriasari
    Ealdryani Ealdryani
    Devintha Virani
    Sabaria Manti
    Healthy Hidayanti
    Masni Mappajanci
    Year: 2019
    Macro-Nutrient Intakes, Nutritional Status, and Menstrual Disorders of Adolescent Girls at Islamic Boarding School in Bone District
    ICER-PH
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.26-10-2018.2288913
Rahayu Indriasari1,*, Ealdryani Ealdryani2, Devintha Virani1, Sabaria Manti1, Healthy Hidayanti1, Masni Mappajanci1
  • 1: Departemen Gizi, Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat, Universitas Hasanuddin
  • 2: Departemen Kesmas, Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat, Universitas Hasanuddin
*Contact email: rahayu.indriasari@unhas.ac.id

Abstract

Both under- and over-nutrition problems exist among Indonesian adolescent girls which was around 7.5% at aged 16-18 years was thin, and 5.7% was obese. The problem of the menstrual disorder is also common among adolescent girls as 13.5% of Indonesian women aged 10-59 years had an irregular menstrual cycle. This research aims to investigate the relationship between nutritional status and macronutrient intake and menstrual disorders at adolescent girls. The study design was a cross-sectional with chi-square test. A total of 114 convenience sample was recruited from high school girls at grade 1 and 2 who attended Islamic Boarding School. The collected data was macronutrient intakes, body weight, height, and menstrual disorders which respectively using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, a weighing scale and a microtoice, and a self-administrative questionnaire. The results showed that the majority of school girls reported menstrual disorders (61.4%). A significant relationship between inadequate fat intake and menstrual disorders (p=0,033) was discovered. Meanwhile, no significant relationship was found between carbohydrate intake (p=0,348), protein intake (p=0,667), and nutritional status (p=0,178) and menstrual disorders. The researchers concluded that inadequate macronutrient intakes and menstrual disorders could be the critical nutrition and reproductive health issues to be addressed among adolescent girls at a boarding school setting.