Open AccessPredicting Children’s Nutritional Status Using QUEST Method
Author(s) -
Izzati Rahmi,
HazmiraYozza,
HafifatulAuliyaRahmy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of science and healthcare research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-7587
DOI - 10.52403/ijshr.20210723
Subject(s) - underweight , overweight , malnutrition , christian ministry , breastfeeding , medicine , environmental health , under five , indonesian , pediatrics , body mass index , philosophy , linguistics , theology , pathology
Concerning WHO’s standard of nutritional status, the Indonesian Ministry of Health office’s result of monitoring nutritional status in 2017 discovered a nutritional problem among children in Padang, West Sumatra. This study was aimed at determining factors that affect the nutritional status and their malnutrition level for the children under five years in Padang, West Sumatera.Data analysis was conducted using a classification tree technique, namely the QUEST method. By the research, the QUEST method analysis showed some underweight and severely underweight cases were found to be common among children under three years of age. On the one hand, severely underweight and underweight cases were commonly identified among female children. On the other, the prevalence of overweight case is common among the male. At last, the analysis of under-three male children indicated that overweight cases were found in children who did not receive exclusive breastfeeding.Keywords: nutritional status; classifications; QUEST method.