Edukasi "Isi Piringku" pada Remaja Putri di SMPN 3 Cimarga sebagai Inovasi Pencegahan Stunting

stunting; Isi Piringku; adolescent girls; nutrition education; community service

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September 30, 2026

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Stunting originates well before pregnancy, which makes adolescent girls, as future mothers, a strategic target for prevention. By September 2024, the Lebak District Health Office had recorded 5,063 stunted children among 108,081 under-five children, with Cimarga Subdistrict ranking third (532 children). This community service program aimed to improve adolescent girls' knowledge of balanced nutrition through "Isi Piringku" (My Plate) education at SMPN 3 Cimarga, Lebak Regency. Between February and October 2026, using a partnership approach with the school and the primary health center, the program comprised situation analysis, coordination and socialization, interactive education on Isi Piringku, anemia and stunting with group activities, and a pre–post evaluation of 48 eighth-grade girls aged 12–14 years. Knowledge was measured with a 20-item questionnaire, and the post-assessment was conducted two months after the education session. The mean knowledge quiz score rose from 80.13 to 96.67, the minimum score from 51 to 80, and the standard deviation fell from 11.5 to 5.9. Height, weight and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) remained essentially unchanged (mean weight gain 0.12 kg). The mean MUAC of 23.49 cm lies right at the cut-off for chronic energy deficiency risk, calling for follow-up. Isi Piringku education improved and homogenized balanced-nutrition knowledge among adolescent girls; changes in attitudes and eating practices still need to be reinforced through continued mentoring and integration with school health services.