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Dwi Purwantini
STIKES Katolik St Vincentius a Paulo Surabaya
e-mail: dwiphysio@gmail.com
Abstract:
Good nutritional status of adolescent is required in achieving optimal health and
prevention of chronic degenerative diseases. Most of adolescents have less attention to
nutrition of intake of daily dietery so that affect to physical fitness. The purpose of this
research was to identify the correlation of nutritional stauts and physical fitness in
adolescents. Design of this research was correlational with cross-sectional approach.
Subject of this research were 45 Physiotherapy students in STIKES Catholic St.
Vincentius a Paulo Surabaya. Variables of this research were nutritional status and
physical fittness. Data were collected by using IMT measurements and VO2 Max
calculations to determine fitness levels using the Harvard Step Test Method. The result
of this study were more than 50 % respondents had normal weight and majority of
respondents had poor fittness index. The result of statististical test by rank spearman with
level of significant α = 0,05 showed that p > α , it mean that was no significant correlation
between nutritional status and physical fitness level of adolescent. Based of this research,
researcher suggest to institution to plan some program for students to improve the level
of physical fittnes by increasing the participation of students in sports activities tand
socialize good healthy living to maintain healthy nutritional status.
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