Knowledge and Calcium Intake to the Risk of Scoliosis at Boarding School Students

Teenagers in the modern era often have improper sitting positions, which will affect posture abnormalities, namely scoliosis. Scoliosis occurs due to many factors, such as information obtained from knowledge. In addition, there are nutritional factors calcium intake because a deficiency bone density. This study aims understand relationship between knowledge and with risk of scoliosis adolescents. The method used was an analytic observational cross-sectional design. Thirty-five students were chosen by purposive sampling. respondent checked using Adam Forward Bending Test Checklist Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). All data processed SPSS. results correlation test Spearman-rho on variable significance value 0.309 (p0.05) 0.624 concluded that H1 rejected H0 accepted, means is no But long-term effects insufficient need further investigation.