The Influence of Parents Feeding Practices, Eating Knowledge, and Attitude on Eating Behavior among Senior High School Students in South Tangerang, Indonesia

BACKGROUND: Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to early adulthood, an important because the rapid development reproductive organs. The quality adolescent food consumption in South Tangerang City 2018 was not appropriate less fiber, fruit, and vegetables, consuming foods high sugar, fast food, skipping meals, snacks outside home. Adolescent eating behavior also determined through knowledge information attitude about originated parents’ feeding practices that influenced behavior. AIM: This study aims determine effect practices, knowledge, on among senior school students Tangerang. METHODS: involved 503 who were selected purposively using online data collection convenience sampling technique. design this used cross-sectional self-administered method with help questionnaire. Path analysis see direct indirect effects Statistical Package for Social Sciences 25.0. RESULTS: influence test results show parents (PX1 = 0.318*), (PX2 0.158*), attitudes (PX3 *0.022) directly affect CONCLUSION: There significant