The Effect of Nutrition Counseling with Puzzle Media on Knowledge and Attitudes about Nutrition and Snack Foods among Students of SMP Negeri 8 Banda Aceh

Authors

Najwa Keisha Nabila Universitas Syiah Kuala
Husnah Husnah Universitas Syiah Kuala
Sakdiah Sakdiah Universitas Syiah Kuala

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55927/ajns.v4i3.117

Keywords:

Nutrition Counseling, Puzzle Media, Knowledge, Attitudes, Adolescents

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the effect of nutrition education using puzzles on knowledge and attitudes about nutrition and snack foods among students at SMP Negeri 8 Banda Aceh. This study was a quasi-experimental study with a one-group pretest–posttest design. The sample size was 144 eighth-grade students selected using stratified random sampling and simple random sampling. The research instruments were questionnaires, puzzles, and Power Point slides. Data analysis used the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The results showed that the majority of respondents were 13 years old, totaling 75 students (52%), and 75 students were female. Before the intervention, 26 students (18.1%) had good knowledge about nutrition, and after the intervention, this number increased to 105 students (72.9%).

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