Macronutrient Intake at Student Breakfast at SD Negeri 76 Manado, Indonesia

Breakfast is food eaten before or near the start of daily activities, no less than two hours after waking up, usually no later than 10.00 and increases calorie intake by around 20-35% of the body's daily needs. Macronutrients are chemical bonds designed for the body to carry out its functions, namely producing energy, building and maintaining tissue


A B S T R A C T
Breakfast is food eaten before or near the start of daily activities, no less than two hours after waking up, usually no later than 10.00 and increases calorie intake by around 20-35% of the body's daily needs.Macronutrients are chemical bonds designed for the body to carry out its functions, namely producing energy, building and maintaining tissue, and regulating life processes.Macronutrients include carbohydrates or energy, fat, and protein.This type of research is quantitative descriptive, which was carried out using a cross-sectional method.The sample in this study was class 4 and class 5, totaling 60 people.Data collection was obtained from the results of breakfast recall interviews using a recall form.The results of the study showed that the majority of school children's protein intake category was 43 people (71.7%) poor and 17 people (28.3%) good.For the fat intake category, school children were grouped at less than 56 people (93.3%) and good at 4 people (6.7%), and the dominant carbohydrate intake category is less than 60 people (100%).Of all the results of the intake categories for children in grades 4 and 5 at SD Negeri 76 Manado, the intake of micronutrients in the morning intake was deficient, namely carbohydrate intake, which was 100%, with the number of students being 60 people.
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protein side dishes, such as eggs, slices of cucumber or tomato, an apple or banana, and a drink. 5cording to nutrition experts, a healthy breakfast is one of the stages of eating three times a day.
Therefore, breakfast should be able to fulfill 25% to 30% of the total recommended dietary allowances (RDA) needed every day, namely containing protein, fat, carbohydrates, water, and fiber. 6The lack of breakfast is still a problem in Indonesia, as evidenced by the results of research conducted at SD Inpres Fatukoa, Maulafa District, Kupang, which proves that out of 35,000 school-age children, almost 26.1% of children only have breakfast with drinking water and 44.6% children receive energy intake of less than 15-30% of their daily energy needs. 7ten, schoolchildren ignore breakfast on the grounds of lack of time, not being hungry, or not having an appetite.Even though breakfast is not just a stomach booster, it also provides energy so that the body can function optimally, the brain works optimally, and does not get sleepy quickly when you go to school.Macronutrients or micronutrients are chemical bonds designed for the body to carry out its functions, namely producing energy, building and maintaining tissue, and regulating life processes.
Macronutrients include carbohydrates or energy, fat, and protein. 8,9e energy needs of elementary school children are

Methods
The type of research in this study is descriptive quantitative carried out using a cross-sectional method.Breakfast data was obtained based on direct interviews by recalling breakfast for three consecutive days.The population in this study were all students at SD Negeri 76, totaling 227 people, and the sample in this study was grades 4 and 5, totaling 60 students at SD Negeri 76 Manado.

Conclusion
The intake of macronutrients at breakfast for children in grades 4 and 5 at SD Negeri 76 Manado is still insufficient.Of the 60 elementary school students recalled, 43 people (71.7%) were classified as insufficient, and the fat intake at breakfast for school children was also large.Namely, 56 people (93.3%) are classified as insufficient, and the carbohydrate intake at school children's breakfast is 60 people (100%), or all of them are categorized as less.D, Doggui R, El Ati J, El Ati-Hellal M. Prevalence of breakfast skippers among Tunisian preschool and school children and association with weight status: a crosssectional study.Children.2023; 10(2): 392.

Table 1 .
Negeri 76 Manado is an educational unit at the elementary school level located at Jl. Siswa 1 No. 128, Characteristics of respondents.

Table 2 .
Categories of protein, fat, and carbohydrate intake at breakfast.