@article{repository14477, title = {Relationship of Age, Knowledge, Level of Education to Nutritional Behavior in Facing the Covid-19 Pandemic in Bengkulu Province}, year = {2021}, number = {1}, journal = {Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health}, volume = {7}, pages = {124--129}, month = {September}, publisher = {Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications}, url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356514652\%5fRelationship\%5fof\%5fAge\%5fKnowledge\%5fLevel\%5fof\%5fEducation\%5fto\%5fNutritional\%5fBehavior\%5fin\%5fFacing\%5fthe\%5fCovid-19\%5fPandemic\%5fin\%5fBengkulu\%5fProvince/figures?lo=1}, author = {Ahmad Faridi, AF}, abstract = {Background: Healthy eating during the Coronavirus Pandemic (Covid-19) is important for maintaining a healthy body. Eating patterns that need attention are the consumption of vegetables, fruit, sugar, salt, fat, and water. Objective: The study aims to analyze the relationship between age groups, knowledge, and education level with the nutritional behavior of Bengkulu people in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Method: This study used a cross-sectional design with a sample of 966 people aged 16 years and over and residing in Bengkulu Province. Questionnaire in the form of e-survey with Google form. Chi-square test was used to analyze the relationship between age groups, knowledge, and education level with nutritional behaviour. Results: The results showed that 85.2\% of respondents in the age group {\ensuremath{<}} 25 years had poor nutritional behavior. More than 50\% of respondents consume fruits and vegetables as well as salt, oil, and sugar that were not following good nutritional behavior. 98.2\% of respondents thought that Covid-19 would eventually be successfully controlled. Age (OR = 1,588; 95\% CI: 1,032 - 2,444) was significantly related to nutritional behavior while knowledge (OR = 0.862; 95\% CI: 0.322-2,303) and education level (OR = 1,297; 95\% CI: 0.910 - 1,849) were not related to nutritional behavior. Conclusion: Good nutritional behavior needs to be applied to the age group {\ensuremath{<}} 25 years to prevent and reduce transmission of the COVID-19 outbreak.}, issn = {09746005} }