Differences in Vegetable and Fruit Consumption between Male and Female Farmers: Data Analysis of the Integrated Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) Jenggawah Public Health Center, Jember Regency 2021

Abstract

As an effort to prevent the incidence of non-communicable diseases and maintain the health status of the Indonesian population, the Indonesian government created the Integrated Non-Communicable Disease Development Post program (Directorate General of Disease Control and Environmental Health, 2014). In general, the purpose of this study was to analyze the differences in consumption of vegetables and fruit between male and female farmers in Jenggawah sub-district, Jember district. This research can be used as a source of information regarding the consumption of vegetables and fruit among farmers and the differences when viewed by gender. The research design used was comparative quantitative with a retrospective approach using secondary data. In this study, an analysis of the difference in consumption of vegetables and fruit was carried out on male and female farmers. This study analyzes secondary data from performance reports on the implementation of PTM Posbindu in the work area of ​​the Jenggawah Health Center in 2021, namely February-June and August-October. Based on the results of the research discussed in this study, it was found that there were differences in the consumption of vegetables and fruit between male farmers and female farmers at the PTM Posbindu Puskesmas Jenggawah. The majority of male farmers were identified as having poor eating behavior on the type of fiber per day which men should have the behavior of eating at least 37 grams of fiber per day based on the nutritional adequacy rate table. And the majority of female farmers (69%) were identified as having good eating behavior, namely 30g of fiber per day which was in accordance with the nutritional adequacy rate table.