COVER LETTER FOR SUBMISSION OF NEW MANUSCRIPTS

Ariadi
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department
Faculty of Medicine, University of Andalas
Dr. M. Djamil Hospital Padang
Phone: +62811662934
Email : belantiraya@yahoo.com

Subject: SUBMISSION OF NEW MANUSCRIPT FOR EVALUATION

I am enclosing herewith a manuscript entitled Comparison of the Nutritional Status and

Patterns of Consumption of Fat Based on the Menstrual cycle of Female Students in the SMA 1
Padang submitted to Research Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology for possible evaluation.

With the submission of this manuscript I would like to undertake that the above mentioned
manuscript has not been published elsewhere, accepted for publication elsewhere or under
editorial review for publication elsewhere; and that my Institutes [ Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Andalas University School of Medicine ] representative is fully aware of this
submission.

Select Type of Submitted manuscript:

Original Article
Review Article
Mini-Review
Short Communication
Clinical Article
Perspective
Editorial
Any other (specify the type of manuscript)
For the Editor-in-Chief, I would like to disclose the following information about the project:

The research project was conducted under the supervision of:

[dr. Ariadi, SpOG]

and the project was run as my

M.Sc. project
MS project
M.Phil project
Ph.D. project
Any Other

This research project was conducted from September to December 2013

My Research Project was not sponsored.

Detail of the each author with his/her contribution in this paper is as under:

Name of the author and e-mail ID Types of contribution

Ariadi (belantiraya@yahoo.com) Author
Silfiren (silfiren.sf@gmail.com) Co-author
Lipoeto N. I (indra.liputo@gmail.com) Co-author

I would also like to share the following information with Editor-in-Chief

I have the following similar manuscripts already published from this project:
No, I dont have any similar manuscripts already published from this project.

For quick understanding about the importance of the project following are the significant
findings of my submitted article?
Based on this research, the average nutritional status of SMAN 1 Padang female students
calculated based on BMI is 62.5% in normal category with 56.2% of samples experienced a
disruption of the menstrual cycle. In this study, total fat consumption is lacking in all the samples
(100%) with less consumption of cholesterol (71.9%), Saturated Fatty Acids (SFA) (50.0%),
Monounsaturated Fatty Acid (MUFA) (98.4%), polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (PUFA) (98.4%) and
enough Trans Fatty acids (TFA) (62.5%).

How findings of this research work are unique in their nature?

Nowadays, people has becoming more aware of their diet consumption as obesity become the
growing problem of health condition. Women, especially, are on strict diet to maintain a stable
weight without knowing the influences of food consumption on menstrual cycle. On the
contrary, the hormonal fluctuations associated with the menstrual cycle can affect appetite
control and eating behavior of a person influenced by food intake and consumption patterns.
The important thing in our environment today is the prevalence of food consumption patterns
that are not balanced between carbohydrates, protein, fat, fiber and vitamins and minerals that
can affect the menstrual cycle, especially in adolescents. Excessive calories and dramatic weight
gain can contribute to high estrogen level in a womans blood, hence increased the risk of breast
cancer, whereas a very low-calorie intake can bring menstrual cycle to a halt which in the end
can also contribute to occurance of infertility in women. Therefore, it is important to identify the
nutritional status and fat consumption patterns associated with the menstrual cycle in general.

A paragraph explaining why your manuscript is appropriate for the selected journal
We believe that this manuscript is appropriate and informative for publication by the Research
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology as it focused on the factors affecting the menstrual cycle,
such as patterns of consumption of fat and nutritional status of female adolescents in Senior
High School 1 Padang, Sumatera Bara. This manuscript is not only focusing on Gynecology
disorder aspect but also nutrition and women health.