Factors affecting adolescent nutritional status in Banda Aceh, Indonesia

The purpose of this study was to examine factors affecting nutritional status, anemia status, and adolescent blood pressure in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. A cross-sectional study was designed using interviewed questionnaire on nutritional status, knowledge about nutrition, and anemia status. National Health Research Data (Riskesdas) in 2013 shows the prevalence of obesity in adolescents 13-15 years based on Body Mass Index (BMI) was 8.3% and for very fat was reaches 2.5%. Although these prevalences are still lower than the national prevalence, which is 8.2% and 1.7%, there are still many other issues that need serious attention related to nutrition in adolescents. For this reason, we use adolescent BMI to see adolescent nutritional status. Moreover, to find out the factors affecting adolescent nutritional status, multivariate regression analysis is used. Before estimating parameters by multivariate regression, predictor variables were reduced using factor analysis and five new factors were generated from the reduction. The results shows that factors affecting the nutritional status are dietary factors, pocket money and age factors, and knowledge about nutrition. Factors affecting anemia Status are allowance and age, income, and a number of family member. While the factors that affect the blood pressure is allowance and age and the number of family member.