HABITUAL PICTURE OF MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENTS ON IMPORTANCE OF BREAKFAST FOR HEALTH.

ABSTRACT
Morning breakfast is the most important meal of the day; often being
neglected by medical students. Therefore, this study is used among first year
students of Fakultas Kedokteran (FK), UNPAD batch 2011 staying in Bale
Padjadjaran. Until now there are no standard measuring tools for knowledge level
on the importance of breakfast thus, causes it difficult to measure this knowledge
level. With the presence of standard questionnaire it is therefore related as the
knowledge level of the individual measured directly.
A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted during the period of
July 2012 being students of FK UNPAD batch 2011, which are staying in Bale
Padjadjaran to answer a few questions related to the importance of breakfast. The
study involved 20 questionnaires for validation at the beginning, one week prior
to the actual population being 97. Once validated and is clearly understood by
population of study, we then proceed to the next step. One week later, the
questionnaires are distributed to 97 students who are not among the 20 person
who validated the questions.
From the findings, majority of those who answered the questionnaire have
good of knowledge about importance of breakfast. 58% of questionnaire (56
people) had a good level of knowledge about importance of breakfast, the
moderate level being 28% (27 people) and finally the poor level of knowledge
being 14% (14 people). The major source of information about importance of

breakfast is through media such as radio, television and Internet. Probably, these
medical students are exposed to the welfare of technology and are more accessible
to the teenage world.
Keywords: Breakfast, Standard questionnaire,

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