ANALYSIS COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS AMONG CHILDREN AGED 12-24 MONTHS IN PUSKESMAS LESUNG BATU, EMPAT LAWANG

Widyawati Widyawati, Fatmalina Febry, Suci Destriatania

Abstract


Background: Complementary feeding is a supplementary food given to babies after age 6 months to 24 months of age in order to meet the nutritional needs in addition to breast milk. However, complementary feeding which is not under WHO standard become one of the causes of the increasing prevalence of malnutrition in children aged 12-24 months in the world and in Indonesia. The incidence of malnutrition at Lesung Batu Puskesmas, Empat Lawang is still quite high at 18%. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship giving complementary feeding with the incidence of nutritional status in the region.

Method: This study used case control design. Sampling based on inclusion and exclusion criteria to the number of samples was 80 consisting of 40 cases and 40 controls. Data was taken from data register cases of malnutrition primer using questionnaires and anthropometric measurements of children nutritional status and using neighborhood controls. The data was analyzed by univariate, bivariate chi square.

Result: Hypothesis test results indicated that the nutritional status of children associated with the frequency of complementary feeding (p value<0.0001; OR 6.6), and history of infectious disease (p value 0,04; OR 3). Meanwhile, the age of first administration of complementary feeding, the texture of foods, the variation of foods and a portion of complementary feeding were not associated with nutritional status children aged 12-24 months.

Conclusion: Advice can be given that mothers who have children 6-24 months should give more attention to the provision of complementary feeding in accordance with the recommended WHO through counseling, information, education and communication related nutrition and complementary feeding practices of infants and children.

Keywords: complementary feeding, nutritional status, children aged 12-24 month

 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26553/jikm.2016.7.2.139-149

 


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