Quality test of current catfish nuggets in improving children’s health

Abstract

The covid-19 pandemic had the greatest impact on public health. The pandemic period has not ended and is still haunting the community. To maintain life, people must continue to do activities in meeting the nutritional needs of their families to be healthy so as to avoid the covid-19 virus. The impact of covid-19, more than 20% of children under five are malnourished. The pandemic condition has stirred and stirred the hearts of the research team to try out today’s nutritious processed food for children to improve their health. It is suspected that the provision of food can contribute to the protein sufficiency of children under five years old. Hope that adequacy consumption of nuggets can improve health because they are used as snacks or side dishes. Therefore, the quality test of nugget products is very necessary. The research objectives were to: 1) study the quality of nuggets, and 2) determine the health level of children under five. Completely randomized design (CRD) method for product quality. Pure experiment with randomized control trial design on children under five in Gunungpati area purposively on nugget intervention was done. Anamnesis method was carried out to explore children’s health and anthropometry with TB/U index to determine nutritional status. The study used 10 semi-expert panellists and 30 children under five years old. The results showed that nuggets were widely liked by children. Catfish nuggets can improve the health of children (p<0.05).