Effect of Nutrional Education of Packaged Sweet Drinks Using The Health Belief Model Theory Knowledge and Choice of Beverages of Teenagers

Packaged sweet drinks, which contain high calories and sugar but are low in nutrition, have become one of the main consumption choices for teenagers. The Health Belief Theory Model, which consists of perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cues to action, and perceived self-efficacy, encourages behavior change based on individual beliefs regarding the impact of consuming these drinks. This study aims to determine the effect of nutrition education on packaged sugary drinks using the Health Belief Model theory on teenagers' knowledge and drink choices. This research uses a quasi-experimental method with a pretest-posttest control group design model. The research sample consisted of 54 students at SMAN 5 Surabaya, taken using the cluster sampling method and then divided into a treatment group and a control group. Data collection includes filling out questionnaires on respondent characteristics, the Health Belief Model construct, and the SQ-FFQ. The data analysis used is Independent T-Test and Paired T-Test. The results showed that there were significant differences in perceived benefits, cues to action, perceived self-efficacy, and drink choices between the treatment group and the control group. It can be concluded that nutrition education using the Health Belief Model theory has an effect on perceptions of benefits, cues to action, perceptions of self-efficacy and adolescent drink choices but has no effect on knowledge, perceptions of vulnerability, perceptions of severity, perceptions of barriers. , consumption frequency and average sugar intake. Further analysis of social environmental factors that might influence adolescent knowledge and preferences.