| Summary: | Background: Modernization has brought negative impact to the public, including
in adolescents directly or indirectly, that has directed the diversion a healthy diet.
Adolescent are required to more selective in choosing food products consumed.
Fast food is food containing high in calories, fat and low fibers. Youth is a group
that vulnerable to food consumption patterns of fast food without considering the
effect on the quality of health, such as obesity or overweight, even fast food
became one of the emerging NCD indicators.
Objective: To know the relationship of socioeconomic status with fast food
consumption levels among adolescents in Mataram city.
Method: The study was observational studies with cross sectional design. Its
population is high school students who have met the inclusion criteria with the
samples as many as 373 students. Dependent variable was the consumption of fast
food, and the independent variable was socioeconomic status. While the
confounding variable was the effect of mass media, the influence of friends,
eating habit at home and sex. The instruments used were questionnaire and FFQ.
Data analysis by means of descriptive, and Chi Square test (²).
Result: Based on the duration per week, there was a relationship between socioeconomic
status with the western fast food consumption levels (p<0.05
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