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    Nutritional status and related factors among elementary school students in Banda Aceh Municipality,Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province, Indonesia
    (2008) Badrialaily; บาเดียไลลี; Jutatip Silabutra; Pantyp Ramosoota; Mahidol University. ASEAN Institute for Health Development
    A descriptive cross sectional study was conduct to study nutritional status and related factors among elementary school children Banda Aceh Municipality, NAD Province, Indonesia. Basic statistics and Chi-square were used to analyze the data. 80.99% of respondent live with parents, and two third of them had healthy weight. All of them took snack at least 1 time per day, and they mostly spent between 1,743- 3,785 rupiah daily for buying snack. The association between nutritional status and some independent variables was found at the significant level (p<0.05). This independent variable were accommodation type, caregiver, father occupation, mother education, and food supplementary support from the school. The finding suggested that periodical monitoring and evaluation of nutritional status of the student should concern for underweight students. Supplementary supports from school are still needed, to assist daily intake of student which still underweight especially. The health and nutrition education should be done by using teaching materials, television with interesting educational contents, mass media, leaflet and other descriptive pictures that could help the students to easily understand the contents.