Abstract

Child and adult health risks including obesity, hypertension and diabetes may be programmed by nutrional status during this period.. Approximately 5 to 10% of children are estimated to have developmental delays. Therefore, the need for stimulation so that soft motorik development in children to improve optimally. Therapy for brain gymnastics can be stimulated for to improving the soft motorik development of children.The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of brain gymnastics therapy on the development of soft motorik in 4-6 years of age.This research method is quasy experimental with non-randomized control group pretest-posttest design. With purposive sample. 42 respondents were divided into the control group and the intervention group. Soft motorik development of children before and after being given treatment by using gymnastics therapy of brain has increased 76.2 % with significantly p value 0.045 (<0.05). In conclusion the gift of brain gymnastics therapy can improve the motor development of children aged 4-6 years. Suggestions for schools, parents can provide premature stimulation by providing a brain gymnastics game that can stimulate child development.

Highlights

  • Pediatricians should refer to existing services for nutrition support for pregnant and breastfeeding women infants and toddlers

  • Therapy for brain gymnastics can be stimulated for to improving the soft motorik development of children.The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of brain gymnastics therapy on the development of soft motorik in 4-6 years of age.This research method is quasy experimental with non-randomized control group pretest-posttest design

  • All providers caring for children can advocate for healthy diets for mothers infants and young children in the first 1000 days

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Summary

INTRODUCTION

Pediatricians should refer to existing services for nutrition support for pregnant and breastfeeding women infants and toddlers. The nutritional environment has an effect on wether brain gowth and differentiation proceed normally or abnormally Both adequate overall nutrition (absence of malnutrition) and provision of adequatea amounts of key macro and micronutrients at critical periods in development are necessary for normal brain development. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) serves pregnant women, breastfeeding women (up to the child’s first birthday), non-breastfeeding postpartum women (up to 6 months postpartum), infants (up to their first birthday), and children up to their fifth birthday. As such, it is the most important program providing nutritional support in the first 1000 days. According to the World Health Organization reports that 525% of preschool-age children suffer from minor brain dysfunction, including fine motor development disorders [2]

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