Hubungan Antara Status Gizi Dengan Kejadian Anemia Pada Remaja Putri Di Smp 4 Enrekang

Abstract

Background: Anemia is a decrease in the number of red blood cells in circulating blood or the amount of
hemoglobin which is below the normal limit, and the normal limit is different for each age and condition.
Iron nutritional anemia in young women is at higher risk because they are very concerned about body
image, so many limit food consumption and go on strict diets. Consumption patterns can be described
through nutritional status. Method This type of research uses analytical observational research. The
number of samples in this study was 68 respondents. The results of research conducted on class IX
teenage girls at SMP 4 Enrekang showed that 29 respondents (51.79%) experienced anemia. The results
of statistical tests using Spearman correlation showed a p value of 0.902 (p value > 0.05), so Ho was
accepted, so there was no relationship between nutritional status and the incidence of anemia in young
women.