Open AccessEATING PATTERNS AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN'S AGE PRE-SCHOOL IN PUSKESMAS MELONGUANE TALAUD ISLANDS
Author(s) -
Adi Yeremia Mamahit,
Vera Karame,
Misra A. Niomba
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
juiperdo (jurnal ilmiah perawat manado)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2655-9382
pISSN - 2252-4843
DOI - 10.47718/jpd.v7i1.796
Subject(s) - community health center , environmental health , medicine , public health , gerontology , under five , null hypothesis , malnutrition , community health , test (biology) , demography , family medicine , nursing , sociology , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , biology
Background: Nutritional status in children aged 1-5 years is still a major health problem in the world including the country of Indonesia. Indonesia is a developing country that still faces considerable nutritional deficiencies. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 54% of causes of death in infants and toddlers are based on poor nutrition. Aims are to determine the relationship between eating patterns with the nutritional status of pre-school age children in the Public Health Center in the Melonguane sub-district. Methods: This research uses correlation analytic research with cross-sectional approach. This research was carried out in the Melonguane Community Health Center, Melonguane District, Talaud Regency. Sample as many as 33 pre-school age children (3-5 years). Based on statistical tests using the Chi-Square test with indigo ρ = 0.007 smaller than the value of α = 0.05, which means the null hypothesis is rejected. Conclusion: Most pre-school age children in the work area of the Melonguane Health Center in the District of Melonguane have a good diet. Most pre-school-aged children in the Melonguane Community Health Center area of Melonguane District have normal nutritional status. There is a relationship between eating patterns with the nutritional status of pre-school-aged children in the working area of the Melonguane Community Health Center, Melonguane District, normal nutritional status.