Last modified: 2019-11-18
Abstract
Anaemia is a condition where the number of red blood cells is insufficient to meet the body’s physiologic needs (WHO, 2011). Anemia is a global public health problem affecting both developing and developed countries at all ages (Capellini MD & Motta, 2015). Anaemia’s prevalence for 15-24 years old in Indonesia (2018) was 32% (Riskesdas, 2018). This study was held in area Limo Depok. Design study of this research was crossectional. Objectives of this study: to find the nutritional status of adolescent girls and prevalence of anaemia in adolescent girls. The result of this study was there are 27,7% anaemia, 10,6% stunted girls, 17% overweight, 4,3% wasted, 71,3% low knowledge of iron supplementation, and 63,8% low knowledge of anaemia. Suggestion from this study school and goverment had to initiate intervention to reduce the prevalence of anemia and under nutrition.
Keywords: anaemia; stunted; overweigt; wasted