Retos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación (Sep 2024)

Effect of nutritional status and parents' income on physical fitness of elementary school students

  • Sepriadi Sepriadi,
  • Syafruddin Syafruddin,
  • Khairuddin Khairuddin,
  • Alnedral Alnedral,
  • Muhamad Sazeli Rifki,
  • Bafirman Bafirman,
  • Nurul Nurul,
  • Eldawaty Eldawaty,
  • Sri Reski Sri Reski,
  • Hilda Pratiwi,
  • Monica Dara Pratiwi,
  • Ahmad Chaeroni

DOI
https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v58.107998
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58

Abstract

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of nutritional status and parental income on students' physical fitness. This research was an experimental research aimed to examine the correlation among variables. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling with a sample size of 85 students (49 male students and 36 female students). The test was used to examine the correlation among variables. Anthropometric tests were used to examine students' BMI, parents' income questionnaires to see parents' income levels, and TKJI to examine students' physical fitness levels. The statistical test used the SPSS version 26 statistical program. The result of this research was there was correlation between nutritional status on physical fitness with sig. 0.002 0.05. There was a simultaneous correlation between nutritional status and parental income on physical fitness with sig. 0.005 <0.05, and the correlation of nutritional status and parental income simultaneously on students' physical fitness is 12.2%. Keywords: Elementary School, Nutritional Status; Parents' Income; Physical Fitness, Student

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