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Background : Health problems in the preconception period include anemia, obesity and chronic lack of energy. In Indonesia, cases of Chronic Energy Deficiency are caused by lack of nutritional intake such as energy and protein, so that the nutrients needed by the body are not fulfilled. To prevent the risk of Chronic Energy Deficiency in pregnant women before pregnancy, women of childbearing age must have good nutrition. Maternal nutritional status before pregnancy has a significant influence on the incidence of LBW. Knowledge of nutrition plays an important role in fulfilling one's nutritional adequacy. The level of knowledge will encourage a person to have optimal abilities in the form of knowledge and attitudes. Objective : Knowing the effect of preconception nutrition counseling on the knowledge and attitudes of women of childbearing age. Methods : Quasi experimental with one group pretest-posttest design. The sample in this study was some women of childbearing age who were married in the preconception period from July to September 2022 in Sanggar Buana Village, Seputih Banyak District, Central Lampung as many as 81 people, the sampling technique was purposive sampling. Results : Most of them have knowledge of WUS before being given counseling that is enough 64.2% and after 85.2% have good knowledge. Attitudes before being given counseling were mostly negative 55.6% and afterward were positive 97.5%. There is an effect of preconception nutrition counseling on the knowledge and attitudes of women of childbearing age (p value 0.000). Conclusions and Suggestions: There is an effect of preconception nutrition counseling on the knowledge and attitudes of women of childbearing age. Health services are expected to provide education and counseling, especially regarding preconception nutrition

Background: The prevalence of anemia in adolescent girls in Indonesia according to WHO reaches 30%, and in the 2013 Riskesdas report recorded 18.4% of adolescents have anemia with the highest percentage in the female sex of 23.9%. Anemia in adolescents can cause delay in physical growth and behavior and emotional disorders. This study aims to determine the relationship between knowledge about anemia and nutritional status with the incidence of anemia in young women in Badung Regency. Method: This study uses analytic cross sectional design with a sample of 106 adolescent girls aged 15-18 years in high school, Badung Regency. Data collection was carried out directly on respondents in each school, for anemia data was collected by examining blood samples or hematology panels (hemograms) with an Hematology Autoanalyzer tool, data on knowledge of anemia was carried out by means of interviews using questionnaire guidelines, and nutritional status data was carried out by how to measure anthropometry (body weight and height) to get a IMT value. The analysis conducted is univariate analysis to determine the distribution and frequency of variables and bivariate analysis using the Kai-Kuadrat/Chi-Square test with the help of the SPSS program. Result: The prevalence of anemia in young women is 13.2%. Most had normal nutritional status of 77.4%, while others were categorized as abnormal / malnutrition (2.8% thin, 17.0% fat, 2.8% obese). For the level of knowledge obtained, the majority of 77.4% have a good level of knowledge in the category of anemia. Kai-Square / Chi-Square test results showed that, there was a significant relationship between knowledge about anemia and anemia in adolescent girls (95% CI: 1.93-20.77; p = 0.003). There was no significant relationship between nutritional status and anemia in adolescent girls (p = 0.301). Conclusion: Poor knowledge about anemia is associated with the incidence of anemia in young women, whereas nutritional status is not related to the incidence in young women. It is expected that related parties make a policy regarding anemia screening and education activities especially for young women. Keywords: Anemia; Knowledge; Nutritional status