MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE SYIAH KUALA UNIVERSITY NURSING FACULTY MINI THESIS 21thJanuary 2014 VI Chapters + 50 pages + 9 tables + 1 scheme + 10 appendixes MIRAZI ASYRAF STUDENT ID.0907101020008 CORELATION BETWEEN NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND MENARCHE AGE AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS IN SMP NEGERI 2 BANDA ACEH IN 2013 ABSTRACT Menarche is the first menstruation that occurs in a woman . Due to the better nutritional intake, age of menarche is faster, many adolescents had experienced menarche at an early age . The purpose of this study was to determine the nutritional status of the corelation with the age of menarche . Type of this research is descriptive correlative approach retrospectively. Sampling was purposive sampling techniques to measure the BB and TB, 200 of students who had experienced menarche , data collection using the observation sheet , using the formula for the nutritional status of IMT / U and age of menarche using the interview . Technical analysis of the data using the chi - square statistical test . The results showed the nutritional status of the thin category ( 28.0 % ) , normal ( 54.5 % ) , fat ( 17.5 % ) . For age of menarche < 11 years ( 13.5 % ) , 11-13 years ( 83.5 % ) , > 13 years ( 3.0% ) . The bivariate research results relationship showed there were a nutritional status with age of students’menarche at junior high school 2 Banda Aceh ( P - value 0.0001 ) . It is expected the school to pay more attention to the reproductive health of students , especially menarche , by holding various counseling about menarche and directing students in their development, so they are not misinterpret the amount of information received , because of the information received is not entirely true . Keywords : nutritional status , menarche Reading list : 27 books + 1 journal + 2 + 4 article Internet ( 2001-2013 )