Iseu Siti Aisyah, Neni Neni, Yusrima Syamsina Wardani
Introduction: Prediabetes is the condition of a person whose blood sugar levels are more than normal but is not yet said to be suffering from diabetes mellitus. Prediabetes is atransitional stage that can be reversible leading to a norma lcondition if handled well or irreversible to diabetes if not handled properly. This research aims to determine the relationship between nutritional status and eating patterns (carbohydrates, fats, and so on) with the incidence of prediabetes inproductive age.
Method: This research uses a quantitative approach with an observational analytical study design, namely cross-sectional. The respondents of this research are of productive agein the Mangkubumi Community Health Center Work Area. The total number of samples studied was 125 people taken using he purposive sampling technique. Distribution of the number of samples in each sub-district with a high incidence of obesity in the Mangkubumi Health Center Working Area, namely Mangkubumi Sub-district with 58 people, Karikil Sub-distric twith 32 people, Cipari Sub-district with 35 people using proportionate random sampling. The IBM Statistical Package forSocial Sciences (SPSS) program processed and analyzed uantitative data. Data was considered statistically significant with a p-value of less than 0.001.
Results: Analysis was carried out on 125 research subject swith most were female (63.2%), employment status notworking (49.6%), aged 19-59 years (88.8%), high school education (30.4%), over nutritional status (48.8%), eating patterns with sufficient carbohydrate intake (63.2%), enough fatintake (60%), insufficient fiber intake (56.5%), and those with normal blood sugar levels (60%).There is a relationship between nutritional status and diet (carbohydrates, fat, and fiber) with the incidence of prediabetes in productive age inthe Mangkubumi Community Health Center working area witha p-value of 0.000 for each.
Conclusion: Based on the research results, it would be better to improve pre-diabetes screening and educate about healthy dietary patterns in the productive age groupat Posbindu to prevent the occurrence of type 2 diabetes mellitus.