Abstract
Background: Nutrition is one of determining factor for the quality of human resources. Nutritional problems can be in the form of excess nutrition (obesity) or malnutrition. A person's nutritional status depends on nutritional intake and needs.
Objective: To determine the association between nutritional status and iron status in students of Junior High School of 39 Kerinci Regency Jambi Province in 2020.
Method: It was an associative analytic with cross-sectional approach. The were 25 students recruited using the total sampling technique. Univariate data analysis was presented in the form of frequency distribution and percentage and bivariate analysis using the chi-square test and data processing using the computerized SPSS version 25.0 program.
Result: there was an association between nutritional status and iron status in students of Junior High School of 39 Kerinci Regency Jambi Province in 2020 (p=0.029).
Conclusion: there was an association between nutritional status and iron status in students Junior High School of 39 Kerinci Regency Jambi Province