Abstract:
Background: One of the characteristics of a developing nation is a nation that has
a level of health, intelligence, and high labor productivity it is influenced by the
nutritional state. Efforts to meet the nutritional adequacy is to get a full breakfast.
Breakfast was instrumental in 15-30% meet daily nutritional requirements. The
breakfast should contain one of carbohydrates contained in food to produce
energy. Objective: To determine the relationship of carbohydrates in the breakfast
to the students FK UMSU concentration. Methods: The study was descriptive and
analytical, while the study design used is cross sectional study. Results: The
category energy intake is a category quite as many 20 people with energy 15002000kkal
daily,
carbohydrates
intake
with
good
concentration
power
in
the
group
carbohydrates
intake
as
much
as 18 83.3
% of
the
data,
the
power of
concentration
either
found
as
many
as
32
people
52.46%.
Chi-Square
Analysis
to
determine
the
relationship of
carbohydrate
intake
to
the
power of
concentration
was
obtained
p
=
0.046
(p
value
<0.05).
Conclusion:
There
is
a
significant
correlation
between
the
intake of
carbohydrates
with
the
concentration.
