Effects Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Eating Habits And Exercise Habits Of The Selected High School Adolescents In West Lampung Regency

Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic that has infected various countries in the world, including Indonesia. Restrictions on activities outside the home including school closures in suppressing the transmission of COVID-19 have an impact on changes in physical activity and eating behavior in a direction that endangers health and causes nutritional problems, as well as increases the risk of NCDs that can exacerbate COVID-19 disease. This study aims to determine differences in exercise habits and consumption habits before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in selected high school students in West Lampung Regency. The study design of this study was cross-sectional using primary data obtained through filling out questionnaires and FFQ. The study was conducted in July 2020. The research sample consisted of 295 students who were selected using the purposive sampling method at selected public high schools in West Lampung Regency. The research data were analyzed using SPSS 2.0 using Mc Nemar test bivariate analysis. The results showed that there were differences in the frequency of exercise (p-value 0.000), exercise duration (p-value 0.000), vegetable consumption habits (p-value 0.021) and fruit (p-value 0.000) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no difference in the variables of snack consumption habits (p-value 0.280), fast food (p-value 0.207), fried food (p-value 0.180) and soft drinks (p-value 0.103). It can be concluded that, the COVID-19 pandemic has an impact on changes in exercise habits both in the frequency and duration of exercise as well as vegetable and fruit consumption habits of students selected high school in West Lampung Regency.