The Effect of Nutrition Education Using Leaflet and Video Media on Increasing Knowledge of Balanced Nutrition in Adolescents at SMA Negeri 2 Lintongnihuta

Abstract

Adolescence is a transition period from children to adults and adolescence experiences rapid growth and development that requires optimal nutrition. A healthy teenager is a teenager who has a good and balanced nutritional status. Knowledge can influence adolescent attitudes in consuming balanced nutritional foods. So this study aims to increase adolescent knowledge regarding balanced nutrition using leaflets and videos in the hope that adolescents can change attitudes and practices of adolescents to pay more attention to nutritional status and consume balanced nutrition according to their individual needs. This study used a quasi-experimental method with a pretest-post test two group design. The selected sample is 46 people aged 16-18 years. Data collection and collection were carried out using leaflets, videos, and questionnaires. The data obtained were tested using the T test. The results showed that there was an increase in knowledge of balanced nutrition in adolescents using leaflet media, namely the good category (95.7%) and the video media group increased to the good category (91.3%). The results of the bivariate analysis showed that there was an increase in knowledge of balanced nutrition after providing nutrition education using leaflets and video media (p value 0.000). The results of the independent T test showed that there was no significant difference regarding the effectiveness of leaflet and video media (p value 0.197).