Factors Associated with Diet Quality among Adolescents in a Post-Disaster Area: A Cross-Sectional Study in Indonesia
The diet quality of adolescents in low-middle-income countries is low. Especially in post-disaster areas, adolescents are not a priority target for handling nutritional cases compared with other vulnerable groups. The aim of this study was to examine the factors associated with diet quality among ad...
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| author | Nikmah Utami Dewi Ali Khomsan Cesilia Meti Dwiriani Hadi Riyadi Ikeu Ekayanti Diah Ayu Hartini Rasyika Nurul Fadjriyah |
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| description | The diet quality of adolescents in low-middle-income countries is low. Especially in post-disaster areas, adolescents are not a priority target for handling nutritional cases compared with other vulnerable groups. The aim of this study was to examine the factors associated with diet quality among adolescents in post-disaster areas in Indonesia. A cross-sectional study was performed with 375 adolescents aged 15–17 years, representing adolescents living close to the areas most affected by a significant disaster in 2018. The variables obtained include adolescent and household characteristics, nutritional literacy, healthy eating behavior constructs, food intake, nutritional status, physical activity, food security, and diet quality. The diet quality score was low, with only 23% of the total maximum score. Vegetables, fruits, and dairy scored the lowest, whereas animal protein sources scored the highest. Higher eating habits of animal protein sources; being healthy; normal nutritional status of adolescents; higher vegetable and sweet beverage norms of mothers; and lower eating habits of sweet snacks; animal protein sources; and carbohydrate norms of mothers are associated with higher diet quality scores in adolescents (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Improving the quality of adolescent diets in post-disaster areas needs to target adolescent eating behavior and changes in mothers’ eating behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-919564b57c2a4a59bf787e800149dd8b2023-11-17T08:19:36ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432023-02-01155110110.3390/nu15051101Factors Associated with Diet Quality among Adolescents in a Post-Disaster Area: A Cross-Sectional Study in IndonesiaNikmah Utami Dewi0Ali Khomsan1Cesilia Meti Dwiriani2Hadi Riyadi3Ikeu Ekayanti4Diah Ayu Hartini5Rasyika Nurul Fadjriyah6Department of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University, Bogor 16680, IndonesiaDepartment of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University, Bogor 16680, IndonesiaDepartment of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University, Bogor 16680, IndonesiaDepartment of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University, Bogor 16680, IndonesiaDepartment of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University, Bogor 16680, IndonesiaDepartment of Nutrition, Health Polytechnic of Palu, Palu 94148, IndonesiaDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, University of Tadulako, Palu 94148, IndonesiaThe diet quality of adolescents in low-middle-income countries is low. Especially in post-disaster areas, adolescents are not a priority target for handling nutritional cases compared with other vulnerable groups. The aim of this study was to examine the factors associated with diet quality among adolescents in post-disaster areas in Indonesia. A cross-sectional study was performed with 375 adolescents aged 15–17 years, representing adolescents living close to the areas most affected by a significant disaster in 2018. The variables obtained include adolescent and household characteristics, nutritional literacy, healthy eating behavior constructs, food intake, nutritional status, physical activity, food security, and diet quality. The diet quality score was low, with only 23% of the total maximum score. Vegetables, fruits, and dairy scored the lowest, whereas animal protein sources scored the highest. Higher eating habits of animal protein sources; being healthy; normal nutritional status of adolescents; higher vegetable and sweet beverage norms of mothers; and lower eating habits of sweet snacks; animal protein sources; and carbohydrate norms of mothers are associated with higher diet quality scores in adolescents (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Improving the quality of adolescent diets in post-disaster areas needs to target adolescent eating behavior and changes in mothers’ eating behavior.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/5/1101adolescentdiet qualityfood securitypost-disastervulnerable group |
| spellingShingle | Nikmah Utami Dewi Ali Khomsan Cesilia Meti Dwiriani Hadi Riyadi Ikeu Ekayanti Diah Ayu Hartini Rasyika Nurul Fadjriyah Factors Associated with Diet Quality among Adolescents in a Post-Disaster Area: A Cross-Sectional Study in Indonesia Nutrients adolescent diet quality food security post-disaster vulnerable group |
| title | Factors Associated with Diet Quality among Adolescents in a Post-Disaster Area: A Cross-Sectional Study in Indonesia |
| title_full | Factors Associated with Diet Quality among Adolescents in a Post-Disaster Area: A Cross-Sectional Study in Indonesia |
| title_fullStr | Factors Associated with Diet Quality among Adolescents in a Post-Disaster Area: A Cross-Sectional Study in Indonesia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors Associated with Diet Quality among Adolescents in a Post-Disaster Area: A Cross-Sectional Study in Indonesia |
| title_short | Factors Associated with Diet Quality among Adolescents in a Post-Disaster Area: A Cross-Sectional Study in Indonesia |
| title_sort | factors associated with diet quality among adolescents in a post disaster area a cross sectional study in indonesia |
| topic | adolescent diet quality food security post-disaster vulnerable group |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/5/1101 |
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