Body Image Description and Relating Factors to Nutritional Status of Adolescent Girls Sman 17 Palembang and SMA Nurul Iman Palembang in the Year of 2009

Background : Teenagers are human resource assets of country. The development of information, technology, and culture major influence for teens, especially on modern lifestyles in urban adolescent girls. One of the changes that began to appear, especially for adolescent girls began to notice the appearance of the body which in this case to lose weight. Adolescent girls have a strong desire for a thin line with a growing image in the community who said that it was pretty thin, although there is no medical reason that teenage girls do that. Method : This study descriptive with cross-sectional approach. Total population in the two schools as many as 206 people. While this sample amounted to 136 people from two schools are taken by way of proportional stratified random sampling. Research instruments using questionnaires, 24-hour recall sheet, sheet Food Frequency Quationare (FFQ), and bathroom scales. Result : Research results in two high schools showed that most young women of SMAN 17 Palembang has a positive body image while a negative body image is owned by a teenage high school daughter Nurul Iman Palembang. There is a link between nutritional status was better and more balanced with a positive body image, eating frequency, energy adequacy level, the level of protein adequacy, sports activities, and fast food consumption also have relevance to the nutritional status of young women. Conclusion : Knowledge and information about nutrition and health especially on a good body image is needed to establish food consumption patterns of both the nutritional needs of adolescents so that teens can be fulfilled. While providing the knowledge and correct information about body image will bring positive impact to influence the nutritional status of young women