HUBUNGAN STATUS GIZI DENGAN KEMAMPUAN MOTORIK KASAR SISWA KELAS IIB DI SEKOLAH DASAR NEGERI 037 PEKANBARU

Abstract

Abstract: Adsolescence is a very decisive time, because at this age the children
experienced many changes to the psychic and physical. Growth and development will
run optimally when children get stimulation in the form of physical stimulation and
healthy and nutritious food, because one of the supporting factors for motor skills is
nutritional status. This study attempts to determine the relationship between nutritional
status and gross motor ability of class IIb students at State Elementary School 037
Pekanbaru. The method of this research was used quantitative with correlation studies.
The quantitaty of respondents in this research were 30 samples. Data were obtained by
measuring anthropometric tests of weight and height for nutritional status variables,
and gross motor ability tests which included: agility test with a shuttle run, a tennis ball
throwing coordination test, a balance test with a Stork stand positional balance, and a
speed test with running. fast 30m. The analysis used is Product Moment Correlation
analysis. From the calculation, the research results obtained a correlation value of
0.981, which means it is associated with a very strong level, so that r count > r table,
which means that there is a significant relationship between nutritional status and gross
motor ability of grade IIb students at State Elementary School 037 Pekanbaru.
Key Words: Nutritional Status, Gross Motor Ability