The consumption of Indonesian local food and its relationship with body mass index among female university students

The study aimed to determine trend of Indonesian local food consumption and its association with body mass index (BMI) among female university students. It was cross-sectional that involved 217 students (18-25 years old) in April-May 2021 using conventional sampling by a self-administered online questionnaire Malang City, East Java, Indonesia. Sociodemographic dietary habits were collected along BMI data. Descriptive Ordinal Logistic Regression applied analyze the results showed average participants 21.28+3.30 kg/m2. From 167 identified, cuisine high carbohydrates sugar such as fried noodles, meatballs, mixed vegetable soup, biscuits/pastry, fritters topping, iced milk tea topping had positive impact on overnutrition. Interestingly, chicken porridge an inverse ordinal regression depicted length stay area significant BMI. However, meal frequency snack time also affected preferred high-carbohydrate is significantly associated overnutrition (p<0.05). crucial adjust nutritional education people's menu reducing provide healthy for