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Nutritional status as an adult can be determined by eating patterns during
adolescence. One of the factors that influence eating patterns is nutritional
knowledge and snack habits, because at that age, teenagers spend a lot of
time at school. Snacking habits in adolescents that are high in calories can
lead to overweight and obesity. Health Education important to students for
prevent disases case by poor nutrition/overweight. This study aims to
determine the relationship between nutritional knowledge and eating habits
in adolescents at Senior High School (SMA) Budhi Warman 1 in 2022. The
design of the study used a cross-sectional study with 184 respondents aged
15-17 years. The data collection technique used was simple random
sampling with instruments in the form of self-data questionnaires and snack
habits. The data analysis used was univariate and bivariate with the chisquare test. There are 71.2% of female adolescents and 28.8% of male
adolescents. The results of the analysis show that there is a relationship
between the frequency of snacks (p value 0.003), the reason for the snacks
(p value 0.002), the type of snack food (p value 0.002) and the drink of
snacks (p value 0.011) with gender. Nutrition education, especially
regarding choosing healthy snacks, must still be given to adolescents so that
students can choose snacks that are good for nutrition and health.