HUBUNGAN PERILAKU PENGGUNAAN MINYAK GORENG DENGAN KADAR KOLESTEROL PADA IBU RUMAH TANGGA Di RW 1 Dsn. Krajan, Ds. Sukorejo, Kec. Sukorejo, Kab. Ponorogo

The use of cooking oil to process food by some housewives is used more than three times. The use of cooking oil repeatedly causes the formation of cholesterol which is harmful to the body. This study aims to determine the relationship between the behavior of using cooking oil and cholesterol levels in housewives.
This study applies a correlation design with a cross sectional approach. The population in this study were 237 housewives with a sample of 40 housewives in RW 1 Dsn Krajan, Sukorejo Village, Sukorejo District, Ponorogo Regency who participated in Posbindu obtained through the Simple Random Sampling sampling method. Research instruments include questionnaires and cholesterol measuring devices (easy touch). Data analysis was performed with the chi-square test.
The results showed that 21 housewives had bad behavior towards using cooking oil (52.5%) and 23 housewives had high cholesterol levels (57.5%). Based on the results of the chi-square test, the pvalue is 0.000 <0.05 so it is concluded that H1 is accepted, there is a relationship between the behavior of using cooking oil and cholesterol levels in housewives in RW 1 Dsn. Krajan, Ds. Sukorejo, Kec. Sukorejo, Kab. Ponorogo.
Housewives are expected to be able to improve their behavior in processing food by using cooking oil a maximum of 3 times. Housewives should limit the use of cooking oil needed in one frying pan so as not to leave used cooking oil. In addition, when using used cooking oil, you should not mix used cooking oil with new cooking oil, because the quality of the new cooking oil will decrease if it is mixed with used cooking oil that has been damaged. Management of used cooking oil can be allocated to recycled oil which can be used for other uses besides processing food.

Keywords: Used Cooking Oil, Housewife, Cholesterol