EDUKASI GIZI SEIMBANG TERHADAP PERUBAHAN PENGETAHUAN PADA CALON PENGANTIN DI KOTA PEKANBARU

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Nutrition and food is not only necessary for the growth, the development of physical,
mental and health, but is also necessary for fertility or fertility in order to get a descent. The state
of maternal nutrition prior to conception influence on fertilization, fetal health, and maternal
health. Fetal growth and birth weight of children is strongly influenced by the nutritional status
of pregnant women, both before and during pregnancy. Mothers with poor nutrition status
has deposits of nutrients is not enough to support the growth and development of the fetus
and the mother's health, as a result of fetal growth retardation, birth defects, miscarriage and

low birth weight (LBW). The low nutritional status is affected by the lack of knowledge about
nutritious food. An action based on knowledge will be better than the deed that is not based
on knowledge. Domain knowledge is very important for the formation of a person's actions.
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of nutrition education on knowledge
about balanced nutrition changes on the bride and groom in Pekanbaru. This study was a
Pre-experimental research design with pre-post test with a total sample of 51 people taken by
accidental sampling. The variables studied were knowledge bride. Data were analyzed using
paired t test technique with SPSS for Windows version 21. The results showed that there was a
signifcant difference (p-value = 0,000) about the average percentage of nutritional knowledge
of respondents between before and after education, the average knowledge before being educated
45.9 ± 13.211% increased to 62.37 ± 15.916%.
Keywords: education, knowledge balanced nutrition