Relationship Between Body Image and Eating Pattern in Woman Adolescents

Abstract

Adolescence there is concern for body weight and body shape. This encourages teenagers to go on a diet. A good eat pattern needs to be established in an effort to meet nutritional needs. Body image in adolescents will greatly affect their diet including the selection of food ingredients and the frequency of eating. Objective : Knowing the relationship between body image and eating patterns in woman adolescents in Yogyakarta 5 High School. Method : This type of research is non-experimental with a design of correlational descriptions. Popolation of female students in Yogyakarta 5 Public High School. The sampling technique in this study used probality sampling with a stratified random sampling technique. The research instrument used a body image questionnaire and eating patterns. The eating patterns questionnaire has been tested for validity with r values in invalid statements between 0.080-0.313 with r table = 0.361, and reliability test results of cronbach's alpha value> 0.70. Data analysis techniques use Chi square. Result : Body image in the positive category (85.5%), and negative (14.5%). The eating patterns is in the good category (77.1%), and the eating patterns is bad (22.9%). The Chi square correlation results obtained a correlation value of 0.454 with the result of the sig value of 0,000. This shows that p <0.05 there is a positive and significant relationship between body image eating patterns in Yogyakarta 5 High School. Conclusion : Body image is not the only factor that can affect a person's diet. However, body shape in adolescents will cause anxiety, which in turn will make teenagers control or even change their diet.

Perception of Body Image Related to Nutritional Status of Young Women in Pontianak City During the Covid-19 Pandemic

“…Dissatisfaction with body shape where young women always think their bodies look less attractive and make wrong efforts to achieve the ideal body shape can affect their nutritional status. Inappropriate body shapes can cause anxiety in young women so young women will avoid meal times, food choices, and inappropriate food processing (Prayogi et al ., 2021). During the Covid 19 pandemic, young women often used gadgets longer than before the pandemic (Rahmi et al ., 2022).…”