Abstract
Toddler is the most important step of all stages of development. Children of this age have tremendous potential, but the potential will arise when it comes to adequate care, health, attention, affection and education. Malnutrition in early childhood, has an impact on low cognitive abilities. The purpose of this research was to determine the correlation of nutritional status with cognitive development in toddler age children in Mojowates Rejo Village, Kemlagi Sub-district, Mojokerto Regency. The research method was analytic correlation with cross sectional approach. The population in this research were all children of toddler age in Mojowates Rejo Village Kemlagi Sub-district Mojokerto Regency in May 2017 as many as 62 children. Sampling technique used purposive sampling. The sample size were 59 people. The results of this research suggested that more than a half (61.5%) of children with obese nutritional status had good cognitive development, more than a half (61.9%) of children with normal nutritional status had adequate cognitive development, and the majority (100%) Children with thin nutritional status had less cognitive development. Data analysis used in this research was Spearman's rho test with result of Ï value was 0,010 or lessthan α (0,05), so H1 is accepted, meantthat there was correlation between nutritional status with cognitive development in toddler age children in Mojowates Rejo Village Kemlagi Sub-district Mojokerto Regency. Parents should provide balanced nutritional intake, control child feeding to avoid obesity, buy educative games to stimulate child development, teach nannies about stimulating child development and allow children to explore the environment without ignoring it.
Highlights
The toddler is the most important step of all stages of development
The purpose of this research was to determine the correlation of nutritional status with cognitive development in toddler age children in Mojowates Rejo Village, Mojokerto Regency
The results of research suggested that more than a half (61.5%) of children with obese nutritional status had good cognitive development, more than a half (61.9%) of children with normal nutritional status had adequate cognitive development, and the majority (100%) Children with thin nutritional status had less cognitive development
Summary
The toddler is the most important age of all 3 years old. They were able to recognize 2 stages of development. That less nutrition will cause her child could not recognize the color abnormal physical function, mental, and because he was only 2 years old, body, can motor function (Veria&Mubarokah, 2012) If not mention his name clearly and precisely the potential in the golden age period is not and the results of observation KIA book, maximized, there will be a loss of window nutritional status of children on the yellow opportunity or with other sentences lost the ribbon down. The nutritional showed that normal toddlers group had the status of children under five in East Java higher achievement of language and cognitive consists of 4.9% malnutrition, 14.2% less development than the group of children under nutrition, 76.7% better nutrition, and 4.1%.
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