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Adolescence is the the physical growth and development, mental, and the activity of causing the increasing demand zat-zat nutritional intake.The more a problem still happens and national nutrition is stunting.Stunting in toddlers characterized by body size of being short of kognitf ability was accompanied by low.Based on a survey the nutritional status under five year 2022, the prevalence of stunting 21,7 % in indonesia is about, who have not met the target % is as much as 20.The provision of knowledge and education can influence as part of efforts to prevent stunting.The purpose of the nutrition education implemented in a balanced aisyiyah filial aisyiyah orphanage in adolescents in kubu raya teenagers to increase knowledge about nutrition balanced for the prevention of juvenile stunting. Method of implementation by doing pre-post health counseling tests on balanced nutrition for the prevention of stunting on adolescents.The target of this activity is a teenage foster home in the pontyya area of the country..The results based on pre and post-test data obtained are known to be an increase in teenage knowledge of nutrition balanced for stunting prevention in teenagers, which is 59 responders had 19 responders who had less knowledge of 32.20 % before being given a good knowledge of 33 people or 55.9 % after being given counseling rawing conclusions the devotion to the community in the form of information about nutrition balanced for the prevention of stunting to teenagers can increase knowledge teenagers and it is very important to prepare teenagers productiveAdolescents

Dysmenorrhea is pain in the lower abdomen that occurs before or during menstruation, often accompanied by symptoms such as sweating, headache, nausea, vomiting, and shaking. The negative impacts of primary dysmenorrhea in teenagers are academic decline, loss of concentration, and not attending class. One of the causes of dysmenorrhea is lack of knowledge about the cause of menstrual disorders such as unbalanced nutritional intake. The solution to increase this knowledge is by providing nutrition education about balanced diet and nutrition. All community partnership program activities consisting of counseling, discussion, and evaluation which are conducted online. The measurement of success was carried out by distributing a pre-posttest questionnaire about knowledge of balanced diet and nutrition using the google form. The results of the pretest showed that only 22% of teenagers had good knowledge. After being given education, it showed an increase in knowledge of 75%.

Adolescence is very important to pay attention to because it is a transition period between children and adults, where physically they will experience specific changes. Adolescents must receive balanced nutritional intake according to their needs in order to achieve optimal growth and development and avoid nutritional problems. Nutritional problems that can occur in adolescents are malnutrition, chronic lack of energy (KEK), obesity and anemia (Sandra, Ahmad, & Arinda, 2017). An imbalance between the intake of food consumed causes problems of undernutrition and overnutrition. Malnutrition in adolescents results in decreased body resistance to disease, increased disease rates, abnormal growth, low intelligence levels, low productivity and stunted growth of reproductive organs in adolescents (Nurfiriani & Ratih, 2023). The aim of this service activity is to increase teenagers' knowledge about the importance of nutrition for teenagers, to support the growth and development of teenagers, to prevent the risk of nutritional problems and non-communicable diseases, so it is necessary to carry out health promotion efforts in the form of providing health education and evaluations to increase knowledge about nutrition so that it can increase adolescent awareness in maintaining health.

Adolescent nutritional problems are a continuation of childhood nutritional problems such as iron deficiency anemia. Prolonged iron deficiency can cause anemia. Teenagers need more to replace iron lost along with menstrual blood. Anemia in adolescent girls is currently still high, according to WHO, the world prevalence of anemia ranges from 40-88%. The majority of students at SMP Negeri 5 Nekamese are young women who are vulnerable to suffering from anemia, so it is necessary to conduct anemia education and measure hemoglobin (Hb) in young women. The aim of this community service is to increase the knowledge of young women about anemia and school health so that it becomes a healthy and anemia-free school. The empowerment method in this community service activity uses the Question and Answer Lecture method. Counseling was conducted for young women in grades 7, 8 and 9 at SMP Negeri 5 Nekamese on September 9 2023, which was attended by 30 young women. The activity began with preparations for making an examination stand, distributing leaflets, explaining material or counseling using the lecture method of question and answer and evaluation. Before the counseling is carried out, a pre-test is carried out, then after the counseling a post-test is carried out. The implication of this community service activity is an increase in young women's knowledge about anemia and healthy schools. It is hoped that after carrying out this activity, young women can prevent anemia during adolescence by increasing their food consumption patterns to be diverse, nutritious, balanced and safe.

In human life, adolescence is a very important period. During this period, the initial process of maturation of the reproductive organs occurs. In this phase, adolescents will experience physical growth accompanied by mental, cognitive and psychological development. Lack of adequate nutrition during this period can cause disruption and obstacles in adolescent growth. One program that can be carried out to achieve and maintain normal nutritional status in adolescents is by implementing a balanced nutritional intake. This community service activity is carried out using nutrition education methods for teenagers. Through this service activity, it is hoped that there will be an increase in knowledge among teenagers regarding the importance of implementing a balanced nutritional intake for teenagers, which in turn is hoped that teenagers will be able to achieve and maintain normal nutritional status. This activity was attended by 23 teenagers in the working area of ​​the Somba Opu Health Center, Gowa Regency. The knowledge score results show that before being given counseling about balanced nutrition, the average knowledge score for teenagers was in the medium category, namely 60,8%. After following the counseling regarding balanced nutrition and carrying out a posttest, the results showed that the teenagers' knowledge scores increased to an average of 65,22% in the high category. This shows that there is an increase in knowledge among teenagers regarding balanced nutrition after attending this counseling.

Indonesia is currently facing various health and nutrition problems. Indonesia experiences a triple burden of nutritional problems, namely malnutrition, excess nutrition (obesity) and micronutrient deficiencies. To overcome this nutritional problem, it can be done by implementing balanced nutrition. Balanced nutrition is a daily food composition that contains nutrients in types and quantities that suit the body's needs, taking into account the principles of food diversity or variety, physical activity, cleanliness and ideal body weight.Objective: Service activities are carried out to increase knowledge about balanced nutrition, determine nutritional status, and as a training tool for nutrition students in providing nutrition and health education to the community. This activity is expected to increase knowledge of balanced nutrition for children and adolescents at the Qurrotu A'yun Batam Center Orphanage.Conclusion: This counseling activity was carried out at the Qurrotu A'yun Batam Center Orphanage, Batam City, which was attended by children and teenagers. The activity consisted of an opening led by a team of lecturers and continued by reading material presented by a team of lecturers and students. Then the moderator returned to the event for a question and answer session and continued with measuring nutritional status and providing snacks to posyandu participants.