Nutritional Status Of Toddlers Research Articles

The Relationship Between The Number of Children and The Distance of Pregnancy With The Nutritional Status of Toddlers In Lestari Dadi Village, Pegajahan District, Serdang Bedagai Regency Year 2022

Nutritional status plays an important role in determining the quality of human resources, especially children under five. Most people have the number of children under five in one family > 2 toddlers and not a few pregnancies are close together < 2 years. The distance of pregnancy and the number of children also affect the nutritional status of children under five. The research method used is analytic quantitative using a cross sectional design. The sample in this study used purposive sampling with a sample of 49 respondents and the data obtained in the study were analyzed through two stages, namely univariate to determine the description and bivariate to determine the relationship (chi square). The results showed that the number of children in the 2 category was 55.9%. The distance between pregnancies in the 2 year category was 83.7%. The nutritional status in the good nutrition category (Normal) was 69.4%. There is a relationship between the number of children and the nutritional status of children under five (p=0.043). There is a relationship between the distance of pregnancy with the nutritional status of children under five (p = 0.015). Based on the results of this study,the authors suggest to mothers who have toddlers to adjust the birth spacing and the number of toddlers owned so that the nutritional status of toddlers is good.

Analysis of the Relationship Between Children's Characteristics, Family Characteristics, Food Intake, Eating Habits, and Disease History with Nutritional Status of Under-Five Children Based on the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure in Karangkamulyan Village, Cihara District, Lebak Regency, Indonesia in 2020

Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) is an indicator of composite nutritional status assessment (WAZ, HAZ, and WHZ) to describe toddler's nutritional problems. In 2020, malnutrition, unemployment, and poverty in Banten Province were high, the population's income tends to be low. Karangkamulyan is an underdeveloped village with mining areas. This is a secondary study used a cross-sectional study design to analyze the relationship between children's characteristics, family characteristics, food intake, eating habits, and disease history with the toddler's nutritional status based on CIAF in Karangkamulyan Village in 2020. The primary research was conducted in September 2020, instrument used is a questionnaire. The sample was 141 toddlers aged 24-59 months. Data were analyzed by univariate and bivariate. The results found that children under five experienced nutritional problems were 36.2%. The variables related to toddler's nutritional status, is exclusive breastfeeding (p=0.026), energy intake (p=0.026), and vegetable protein consumption habits (p =0.003).

The Association Between Feeding Practices and History of Diarrhea with Nutritional Status of Toddlers

The age of 0-59 months is a phase of basic life formation that is vulnerable to nutritional problems. Causes such as infectious diseases and parenting. The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between feeding practices and history of diarrhea with the nutritional status of children under five. This study used a cross-sectional design. Samples were taken by purposive sampling of as many as 96 toddlers. Data were collected by direct measurement of weight scales, stature meters, and interviews using the main questionnaire and the modified CFQ questionnaire. The statistical tests used were the chi-square test and fisher's exact test. A total of 28.1% of respondents practice inappropriate feeding and 47.9% of children under five have a history of diarrhea. There is a relationship between feeding practices and underweight (p=0.000), stunting (p=0.000), and wasting (p=0.000). There was a relationship between a history of diarrhea and being underweight (p=0.043), but there was no relationship between stunting (p=0.073) and wasting (p=0.063).Keywords: diarrhea, feeding, nutritional status, toddlers

Joint Action to Prevent Stunting and Obesity in the Tanah Kali Kedinding Health Center, Kenjeran District, Surabaya

Stunting in children is a serious problem because it is associated with the risk of future illness and the difficulty of achieving optimal physical and cognitive development. The prevalence of stunting in Surabaya is found in several working areas of the puskesmas, one of which is at the Tanah Kali Kedinding Health Center at 25.37%. Obesity is a condition in which the accumulation of excess or abnormal fat is bad for health. The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2014 noted that 1.9 billion adults were overweight with a prevalence of 39% having children under five were overweight and obese. The case of obesity in the city of Surabaya itself ranks second highest in East Java Province, which is as many as 98,344 cases. This activity aims to increase knowledge about stunting and obesity prevention for pregnant women and mothers under five. This service method uses increasing knowledge about stunting and obesity in everyday life for pregnant women and mothers of toddlers, measuring nutritional status in Toddlers and cooking demonstrations of healthy snacks using the Risoles menu of Tongkol Ragout Fresh Bread. The results obtained, namely pregnant women and mothers under five experienced an increase in knowledge about stunting and obesity respectively 80% and 82%, both of which were classified as good.

Mother's Knowledge Correlation on Balanced Nutritional Behavior with Toddler Nutritional Status in Sukosewu Village, Gandusari District

Mother’s nutritional knowledge determines all that the children eats. Mother’s who have a good knowledge of nutrition will form a good balanced nutrition behavior for children. The behavior will affect the nutriet intake and nutritional status of children. The purpose of the study is to know the correlation mother’s knowledge and attitudes on balanced nutrition with children’s nutritional status in Desa Sukosewu village Gandusari district. This study employed Analytical Survey Research with Cross Sectional Design. The study was carried out on Juni 2022 in Sukosewu village. The collecting data mothers’s knowledge on balanced nutrition and mother’s attitude on balance nutrition used questioner, and to collect child nutritional status data using Z- score with BB/U indikator. This study involved 68 respondents. Based on bivariate analysis were tested statistically Somers’d test, the test of the correlation mother’s knowledge and attitudes on balanced nutrition with children’s nutritional status in Sukosewu village Gandusari district obtained by value p = 0.000 which shows the correlation of mother’s knowledge on balanced nutrition with children’s nutritional status in Sukosewu village Gandusari district. On the test of attitudes on balanced nutrition with children’s nutritional status in kindergartens Sukosewu village Gandusari district obtained by value p = 0.000 shows that there is correlation attitudes on balanced nutrition with children’s nutritional status in Sukosewu village Gandusari district.

PERAN PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DAN TENAGA KESEHATAN DALAM MENANGGULANGI MALNUTRISI DI DESA AIR ANYIR KECAMATAN MERAWANG KABUPATEN BANGKA PROVINSI KEPULAUAN BANGKA BELITUNG

Background: Malnutrition is one of the causes of death in children under five years of age and has become one of the most threatening factors for children’s lives and health. Based on the nutritional status of weight and height index in the 2019 Bangka Belitung Islands Province Health Office data in Bangka, there were 0.84% wasting toddlers from 8,980 toddlers measured. In 2020, toddlerswith malnutrition were 0.63% of the 28,062 toddlers that were measured. Data recorded in February 2021 showed that from the 27,501 children under five who were measured and weighed, 1.13% of children were underweight and 0.64% with malnutrition. The Community Health Center (Puskesmas) has run nutrition improvement programs, including providing additional food, promoting healthand health services, nutrition counseling, and being active in the Kampung KB (Family Planning) program.Objectives: To find actors from both the Provincial/District/Village/Health Care Centre (Puskesmas) Governments/Communities who care to resolve malnutrition issues; to find daily activities in society that are obstacles to a healthy living culture; examine the role of community empowerment and health workers as well as the impact of empowerment toward the nutritional status of toddlers (children under five years old) in Air Anyir Village. Methods: A case study with an embedded single case design. Data were collected by in-depth interviews with twelve informants in February 2022 and then analysed by thematic analysis. Results: The informants of this research were 12 informants, namely family planning instructors, health workers as nutrition officers at Baturusa Health Center and Village Midwives, data managers for the nutrition program of the Health Service, community leaders as head of the Kampung KB, village officials fromthe village government, community leaders acting as TP PKK also serves as the head of the RT, community members who work as Posyandu cadres and parents of toddlers who visit the Posyandu. In Kampung KB, there is integrationand convergence in the implementation of empowerment and strengthening of family institutions to improve the quality of human resources, families, and communities. This study proves that the role of community empowerment andhealth workers in Kampung KB affected the nutritional status of the people in Air Anyir Village. The evidence (nutrition data of Baturusa Health Center) showed a decrease in cases of undernourished toddlers in Air Anyir Village.Conclusion: Actors in community empowerment include health cadres, TP PKK, village government, family planning extension workers, and health workers. Through the Kampung KB, the empowerment program in Air Anyir Village is going well. There is a decrease in cases of undernourished children underfive, although there are still bad habits in the community to hinder healthy living culture.

Hubungan Perilaku Ibu tentang Pemanfaatan Posyandu dengan Status Gizi pada Balita

Background: Toddlers are children under five years of age marked by a very rapid growth and development process. Infancy is a period that is vulnerable to disease, especially nutritional problems. One of the factors not utilizing integrated healthcare centers regularly will affect the nutritional status of toddlers so that toddlers will experience malnutrition. This is because mothers cannot monitor the growth and development of toddlers if the occurrence of nutritional problems in toddlers cannot be detected early. Objective: The study determined the relationship between maternal behavior regarding the use of integrated healthcare centers with nutritional status in toddlers. Methods: literature review design, Google Scholar data source (2017-2020), articles using Indonesian language, with a population of mothers of toddlers and toddlers. From the search results, the study obtained six inclusion criteria. The research design used was a cross-sectional, descriptive correlation. Results: A total of six articles analyzed stated a relationship between mother's behavior regarding the use of integrated healthcare centers with nutritional status in toddlers. (p-value 0.000 < 0.05). Conclusion: Based on the study results, six articles stated a relationship between maternal behavior regarding the use of integrated service posts with nutritional status in toddlers. Factors that affect the nutritional status of children under five are the mother's behavior in the use of integrated service posts; this is because in the use of integrated healthcare centers, there is weighing of children under five, counseling on nutrition, Supplementary Food Provision (PTM) and early detection through Cards Towards Health (KMS) which supports the improvement of nutrition in toddlers and optimal growth.

Feeding to Toddlers and Consumption of Microelements When Mothers are Postpartum with Nutritional Status of Toddlers

Stunting is at risk of inhibiting toddler brain development. One of the stunting factors is the consumption of micronutrients when the mother is giving birth and the consumption of food when she is a toddler. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between infant feeding and micronutrient consumption during parturition with the nutritional status of children under five. Cross sectional design purposive sampling technique, chi square analysis. Respondents were 168 mothers of toddlers and toddlers aged 7 months to 36 months in the working area of ​​Pulang Pisau Health Center, Edison Jaar Health Center, and Tamiang Layang Health Center. The results of the study, the highest percentage of maternal education was SMA (67.3%). Nutritional status of children under five nutritional status is not stunting (85.7%). Toddlers do not get IMD immediately after birth (89.9%), exclusive breastfeeding (58.9%), toddlers drink vitamin A (87.5%), mothers drink vitamin A (72.6%), mothers do not drink Fe tablets (61.9%). Toddlers did not take deworming medicine (76.8%). There is a relationship between toddlers taking vitamin A tablets with the nutritional status of toddlers where the P value (0.008) with the contingency coefficient (C) 0.202.

The Relationship between Mother's Knowledge and Monitoring of Toddler Nutritional Status at Posyandu Pulo U Village, Tanah Luas District, North Aceh Regency

The prevalence of children under five with weight below the red line is total 526 children (0.9%), who were malnourished 1005 children (5.45%) in 2020. This study aims to identify the knowledge relationship mothers with nutritional monitoring toddler in Integrated Healthcare Center Village Pulo U District Land Area, North Aceh. This research is in the form of descriptive correlative with cross-sectional design, carried out in Pulo U Village, District Tanah Luas from October 11, 2021 to January 31, 2022 with a sample of 37 mothers. Data was collected through interview and distributing questionnaire. An Univariate-and-bivariate data analysis used the chi-square test. From the univariate test, it is known that knowledge mother about the majority of nutrition is in the good category, namely 15 respondents (40.5%), enough category 14 respondents (37.8%) and knowledge in the less category 8 respondents (21.6%). The distribution of the frequency of monitoring the nutrition of children under five is in the good category, as many as 30 respondents (81.1%), while those who are lacking in monitoring the nutrition of children under five to the Posyandu are 7 respondents (18.9%). p-value-0.014 <0.05, meaning that there is a significant relationship between the knowledge possessed by the mother and the monitoring of nutritional status toddlers to the Posyandu in the Village Pulo U Sub-district, Land Area District North Aceh. It is recommended to mothers who have toddlers to always monitor their toddler's nutrition to the Posyandu.

Faktor-Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Status Gizi Balita di Desa Baumata Timur Kabupaten Kupang Tahun 2022

Nutritional status is a picture of the balance of nutritional intake that enters the body with what the body needs. The result of the balance of nutritional intake is optimal growth and development. Toddlers are an age group that is prone to nutritional problems, so toddlers really need optimal nutritional intake. Nutritional problems such as poor nutrition, malnutrition and nutrition occur more if the nutritional intake is unbalanced. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between the number of family members, household income, household expenditure, household food security, feeding patterns, energy intake and protein intake as well as a history of infectious diseases with the nutritional status of toddlers in East Baumata Village, Kupang Regency in 2022. Types of analytical survey research or quantitative research with cross-sectional research designs. The study population, namely all mothers in Posyandu who have toddlers, totaled 256 toddlers. The sample was 72 toddlers, determined by a systematic random sampling technique. Data collection with questionnaires was then carried out chi-square tests with the help of SPSS. The results showed a significant relationship between the number of family members (0.029), household income (0.008), household expenditure (0.000), household food security (0.000), feeding patterns (0.000), energy intake (0.004) and protein intake (0.001) with the nutritional status of toddlers in East Baumata Village, Kupang Regency in 2022. Meanwhile, what is not related is a history of infectious diseases (0.091). It is recommended for mothers of toddlers to increase visits to posyandu so that toddlers get health services such as weight weighing, PB/TB measurements, immunizations and mothers obtain health information that is able to support the growth and development process of toddlers.

The Relationship of Mother's Education Level, Accuracy of Supplementary Feeding (MP ASI) With Nutritional Status of Tolls Aged 6-24 Months

The provision of excellent or appropriate MP-ASI will significantly affect the growth and development of children and children's intelligence. Giving MP-ASI that is not appropriate will impact problems in the nutritional status of children such as undernutrition status and overnutrition status to obesity. The introduction and provision of MP-ASI should be made gradually from liquid, semi-solid, and solid foods. This study aimed to determine the relationship between maternal education level and the accuracy of complementary feeding (MP ASI) with the nutritional status of children under five. This research is a quantitative analytical observation with a cross-sectional design. The research sample was 74 children aged 6-24 months, obtained using accidental sampling technique, data analysis using the Chi-Square test, and Fisher's alternative test. The results showed that the relationship between a mother's education level and the nutritional status of children under five was obtained with a p-value of 0.111 (p-value <0.05). The relationship between the accuracy of giving MP-ASI with the nutritional status of children under five obtained a p-value of 0.038 (p-values <0.05). This study concludes that there is no relationship between the mother's level of education with the accuracy of giving complementary feeding and the nutritional status of children under five. There is a relationship between the accuracy of giving MP-ASI with the nutritional status of toddlers.

Penerapan Teknologi Untuk Menilai Status Gizi Pada Balita

Parents need to notice attention to the nutritional status of toddlers to prevent nutritional disorders. Therefore, we need a system that can make it easier for parents to access information about the nutritional status of toddlers. The system that can be used is a technology system. The author conducted a literature analysis with a simplified approach in 10 technology journals for assessing the nutritional status of children under five for the 2012-2022 period. Based on this research, the authors conclude that technology to assess nutritional status in toddlers is very effective because it makes it easier for health workers to assess and record nutritional status, it makes it easier for parents to know the nutritional status of their toddlers, but in this study several things that still need to be considered include: understanding the use of technology for parents, the readiness of tools such as smartphones or other software that can be used to access technology to assess the nutritional status of toddlers.

Hubungan Tipe Keluarga dengan Status Gizi Balita

The nutritional status of toddlers is an important thing that every parent must pay attention to, because at the age of toddlers it is based on the fact that the malnutrition that occurs in this golden age is irreversible. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between family type and nutritional status of toddlers in Batang Kaluku Village, Gowa Regency. The research design used was Non-Experimental with a correlational research design through a Cross-Sectional approach, where family type as an independent variable and the nutritional status of toddlers as a dependent variable. The research has been carried out in Batang Kaluku Village RT 01 / RW 01. With cluster sampling technique. Data were obtained using questionnaire sheets. Data processing using Chi-Square statistical test with Yates Correction. Based on the relationship analysis of 48 respondents obtained nuclear families with good nutritional status of toddlers as many as 16 (33.3%) respondents, and less as many as 8 (16.7%) respondents. Meanwhile, large families with good toddler nutritional status were 8 (16.7%) respondents, and less than 16 (33.3%) respondents. The results of statistical tests using the Chi-Square test with Yates Correctioan obtained a calculated X2 value (4.083) > from X2 table (3.84), meaning Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. The conclusion is that there is a relationship between family type and the nutritional status of toddlers in Batang Kaluku Village, Gowa Regency.

Description Of Mother's Knowledge Levels Of Nutritional Status In Tolls In Nagari Tanjung Bungo, Suliki District, Lima Puluh Kota District

In 2018 in West Sumatra, data on children under five who experienced malnutrition according to (BB/U) was 3.51% malnourished, undernourished 15.42%, well-nourished 79.46%, over-nourished 1.61%, based on prevalence nutritional status according to (TB/U) very short 9.66%,short 10.48%, and normal 79.86%. Nutritional status based on (W/U) in children under five in the District of Lima Puluh Kota, poor nutrition 2.12%, undernutrition 16.22%, and good nutrition 81.67%. According to the prevalence of nutritional status (TB/U) very short 10.78%, short 29.35%,and normal 59.87%. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of the mother's level of knowledge about the nutritional status of toddlers. This type of research is descriptive which was carried out inKenagarian Tanjung Bungo, Suliki District, Lima Puluh Kota Regency with a total sample of 63 respondents. The results showed that the mother's level of knowledge was mostly in the high category with a total of 35 people (55.5%). The limitation of this study is that the researcher could not make direct observations about the mother's knowledge about the nutritional status of children under five. Researchers can only find out the mother's level of knowledge with the results of the questionnaire that has beendistributed to the respondents.

Edukasi Gizi Seimbang Dan Pemantauan Status Gizi Anak Usia 0-2 Tahun Pada Suku Anak Dalam (SAD) Desa Bukit Suban Kecamatan Air Hitam Kabupaten Sarolangun

Good nutritional status of toddlers plays an important role in growth and development, especially during the golden period in the first five years. Poor nutritional status of children under five can have a negative impact on physical and mental growth, decreased body resistance, and a more serious impact is the emergence of disability, high morbidity and accelerated mortality. Based on data from the Jambi Province Dinsosnakertrans (2010), one of the health problems that often occurs in the SAD community is the low nutritional status. Problems of poverty, low levels of education and lack of knowledge in the SAD community make them susceptible to diseases that also have an impact on their nutritional status. Efforts that can be made to improve nutrition improvement programs in remote indigenous communities are to provide education and information to all tribal communities in Bukit Suban Village about the importance of balanced nutrition by making food sources that exist in nature and easy for them to find as examples and then teach how to process them. food so that it can be consumed and still contains good nutritional value. Furthermore, monitoring the nutritional status of toddlers by measuring and weighing the toddler's weight. Based on interviews with people who initially did not know about good balanced nutrition for children, now they know a little and they also know how to use food ingredients that are in their environment and how to process food properly and hygienically. undernutrition by 31.25%

EDUKASI IBU BALITA UPAYA PENCEGAHAN STUNTING

The government has launched a National Action Plan program for handling stunting at the national level, especially villages. The age of 0–2 years or the age of under three years (toddler) is a golden age for the growth and development of children, because at that time there is a very rapid growth. The period of the first 1000 days is often called the window of opportunities or this golden period is based on the fact that in the fetal period until the child of two years of age there is a very rapid growth and development process that does not occur in other age groups. From the results of interviews with several mothers who have toddlers in the Malacca Legends Housing, it is known that they have not been exposed to much about stunting. So some of them think that their children / toddlers shorter than their age are genetic factors so they do not need further treatment. The method of implementation in the community service program through providing counseling on stunting to mothers in the malacca legend housing through 3 (three) stages, namely the implementation strategy meeting, location survey, then preparation of facilities and infrastructure. The population in this study were mothers in The Malacca Legends Housing Block H, while the Samples were mothers in the Malacca Legends Housing Block H who had babies and toddlers. The stage of implementing mentoring activities for mothers is divided into 3, namely, anthropometric measurements are carried out to find out data on weight and height and age to find out the nutritional status of toddlers, then continued with counseling about stunting, ways of prevention and community participation in handling stunting. After counseling, it is continued with a post-test to measure mothers' knowledge after community service activities are carried out. Parents and the community around Housing Legends Malacca Blok H Batam are mostly high school educated. Parents' knowledge about stunting prevention programs based on pre-test results, most mothers of toddlers do not know about stunting prevention. Meanwhile, based on the post test results, almost all mothers of toddlers understand about the implementation of the stunting program. Keywords : Toddler Mother, Stunting

Faktor Sosial Ekonomi dan Pengetahuan dengan Status Gizi Balita di Desa Srimartani Kecamatan Piyungan Bantul

Background of Study: Based on the data from Health Office Bantul District, in 2019 there were toddlers who have malnutrition of 6.3264% and 0.38% of poor nutrition based on Monitoring Status Nutritional (MSN) recapitulation in the Piyungan Health Center. Srimatani village was the highest village who has malnutrition, there were 55 toddlers. The purpose of this study is to determine the socio-economic factors associated with the toddler nutritional status in Srimartani Village, Piyungan District, Bantul Regency.Methods: This type of research was an observational study with a cross-sectional approach. The population in this study were 94 toddlers in Srimartani Village, Piyungan District, Bantul Regency. The sampling technique used total sampling. Analyzing data used chi square test.Results:. Socio-economic factors related to the nutritional status of toddlers in Srimartani Village, Piyungan District, Bantul Regency were education (χ2 value = 45,277,Asymp sig = 0.00), employment status (χ2 value = 84,298 Asymp sig = 0.00); and income with nutritional status of toodler (χ2 value value = 24,851,Astmp sig = 0.00). There was no correlation between knowledge and nutritional status of toodler.Conclusion: Socio-economic factors related to the nutritional status of toddlers in Srimartani Village, Piyungan District, Bantul Regency are education, employment status and income; Knowledge of parents of toddlers is related to the nutritional status of toddlers in Srimartani Village, Piyungan District, Bantul Regency.Keywords: nutritional status, knowledge, socio-economic factors

Consumption of Drinking Water and Its Contribution to Lead (Pb) Exposure in Toddlers Nutritional Status in Indonesia

Stunting in toddlers is still occurring in Indonesia. Heavy metals, especially lead (Pb), can cause calcium metabolism disorders. Drinking water has the largest contribution to Pb exposure. The research objective was to conduct a risk assessment of Pb from drinking water in toddlers in Indonesia. The Pb risk assessment was carried out by testing Pb levels in drinking water, extracting consumption data from the Individual Food Consumption Survey in 2014 and Basic Health Research in 2013, calculating Pb exposure, characterizing Pb risk, and predicting the correlation of Pb exposure from drinking water to the toddler nutritional status based on length/height-for-age. The average Pb exposure ranged from 0.026-0.082 μg/kgbw/day and the margin of exposure value ranged from 28.05-8.79 thus the risk of Pb from drinking water for toddlers was low. Correlation value between Pb exposure and the toddler nutritional status based on length/height-for-age in provinces with Pb levels more than limit of detection for children aged 0-11, 12-23, 24-35 and 36-47 months was 0.004; -0.038; -0.109 and -0.231, respectively. The resulting correlation from 0.004 to -0.231 were weak therefore Pb exposure from drinking water is unlikely causing stunting in Indonesian toddlers.

Hubungan Pengetahuan Ibu Tentang Pemenuhan Gizi Seimbang Dengan Status Gizi Pada Balita Usia 24-35 Bulan Di Desa Manjung Ngawen, Klaten


 
 
 
 Nutrition is an important factor that aims to build quality human resources. The impact of malnutrition is low body resistance so that the body is susceptible to infectious diseases, lack of energy and protein which causes impaired growth and development of toddlers. Mother's knowledge about balanced nutrition is very important, considering the role of mothers in the family as food managers. The purpose of this study was to determine the mother's knowledge about the fulfillment of balanced nutrition with nutritional status in toddlers.
 The research design used is descriptive correlation with a cross sectional approach. The research sample amounted to 38 respondents using the Total Sampling technique. data collection using questionnaires and observation sheets, data were analyzed using the Kendall Tau test with a significant level of 0.05. The results showed that most of the mother's knowledge about the fulfillment of balanced nutrition was sufficient, namely a number of 22 respondents (57.9%) for the nutritional status of toddlers, most of them were good, namely 31 respondents (81.6%), sufficient knowledge with good nutritional status of toddlers as much as 20 respondents (52.6%).
 
 
 
 
 The conclusion in this study is that there is a relationship between mother's knowledge about the fulfillment of balanced nutrition with nutritional status in toddlers aged 24-35 months with a p value of 0.020 (p>0.05). It is hoped that in collaboration with posyandu cadres to continue to routinely provide counseling about balanced nutrition for toddlers to mothers in Manjung Village

JARAK KELAHIRAN TERHADAP STATUS GIZI BALITA DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS MUARA FAJAR TAHUN 2016

Toddlers are the age group that most often suffer from nutritional problems. According to WHO the number of malnourished sufferers in the world reaches 104 million children and malnutrition is the cause of one third of all causes of child death worldwide. One of the factors that influence nutritional status is an intermediate factor, an environmental factor and a mother factor that includes the number of children under five and birth spacing. This study aims to determine the relationship between birth spacing and nutritional status of children under five in the working area of Muara Fajar Public Health Center in 2016. This type of research is quantitative with cross sectional design. The sampling technique used accidental sampling, the population in this study were all mothers who had toddlers totaling 221 people with a sample of 86 people. Data collection uses primary data with questionnaire sheets. The analysis used is univariate and bivariate with chi square test. The results obtained by the value of Pvalue = 0.00. From the research conducted it can be concluded that there is a relationship between birth spacing and the nutritional status of toddlers.