USIA MENARCHE, KONSUMSI PANGAN, DAN STATUS GIZI ANAK PEREMPUAN SEKOLAH DASAR DI BOGOR
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 13.05pt 6pt 17.85pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 26.95pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The general objective of this research was to analyze the correlation between nutritional status, food consumption, and first menstruation age (menarche) of female </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">E</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">lementary </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">S</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">chool children. The research was conducted using cross sectional study design from May to June 2007 in 14 </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">E</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">lementary </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">S</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">chools in Bogor. Sample criteria was: 5 grade student consist of pre menarche and post menarche student</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">s</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. A total of 120 students was chosen by purposive sampling. Spearman Correlation Test shows that there was no correlation between menarche age of mother and menarche age of </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">sample. Post menarche sample had sufficient energy intake but low iron intake. About 86.7% post menarche sample and 68.3% pre menarche sample had normal nutritional status. Spearman Correlation Test shows that nutritional status (BMI/Age) has negative significant correlation </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">to</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> menarche age (r=-0.062; P<0.05). It means that better nutritional status implied in earlier menarche age.</span></p>