eprintid: 14477
rev_number: 6
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datestamp: 2022-06-03 12:45:49
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creators_name: Ahmad Faridi, AF
creators_id: ahmad.faridi@uhamka.ac.id
title: Relationship of Age, Knowledge, Level of Education to 
Nutritional Behavior in Facing the Covid-19 Pandemic in 
Bengkulu Province
ispublished: pub
subjects: R
divisions: 13211
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 < 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 < 25 years to prevent and reduce 
transmission of the COVID-19 outbreak.
date: 2021-09
date_type: published
publisher: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
official_url: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356514652_Relationship_of_Age_Knowledge_Level_of_Education_to_Nutritional_Behavior_in_Facing_the_Covid-19_Pandemic_in_Bengkulu_Province/figures?lo=1
id_number: 09746005
full_text_status: public
publication: Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
volume: 7
number: 1
pagerange: 124-129
refereed: TRUE
issn: 09746005
citation:   Ahmad Faridi, AF  (2021) Relationship of Age, Knowledge, Level of Education to Nutritional Behavior in Facing the Covid-19 Pandemic in Bengkulu Province.  Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 7 (1).  pp. 124-129.  ISSN 09746005     
document_url: http://repository.uhamka.ac.id/id/eprint/14477/1/9634_pdf_jurnal%20Ahmad%20F_Jurnal%20Internasional.pdf