Consumption of snack foods that are generally preferred by teenagers is not yet encouraging. Poor consumption of nutrients will reduce nutritional status and reduce learning achievement. Lack of nutritional status and food consumption is closely related to nutrition knowledge and eating behavior of school-age children. To improve the behavior of snacks for school children, among others, the formation of nutrition cadres is carried out, by training several teenage students who excel and have leadership qualities. For this reason, this study examines the role of adolescent nutrition cadres in the selection of juvenile snacks at school. This type of research is quasi-experimental, with the treatment of research beginning with the formation of adolescent nutrition cadres through training. Furthermore, nutrition cadres provide counseling with nutritional play media with assistance to their peers once a week for one month. The population is all students of 16 Biringkanaya Middle School and Tello 23 Makassar Junior High School and the sample eightth class VIII students selected clustered in each of the 2 classes. Collecting knowledge and attitude data using a questionnaire that tested its validity. Data analysis with paired t test. The results of the study showed that the knowledge and attitudes of adolescent nutrition cadres were getting better after attending training and counseling practices. There is the influence of counseling by cadres on adolescent nutrition knowledge, but there is no effect of counseling on the attitude of adolescent nutrition cadres. It is recommended that teachers and homeroom teachers also conduct training to support the role of youth nutrition cadres in schools.Keywords: Youth Nutrition Cadre, Selection of Snack Food
