Analysis of Nutritional Status of Batita in Taman Rahayu Village, Working Area of Puskesmas Setu II Bekasi

Abstract

According to the results of the Indonesian Nutrition Status Study (SSGI) in children aged 0-59 months out of 153,228 it was found that 7.1% of children were wasted with the highest cases being in Maluku (12.0%) and the lowest being in Bali (3). ,0 %). Meanwhile, in West Java, 5.3% of children were found. The aim of this study was to analyze the nutritional status of toddlers in Taman Rahayu Village, the working area of ​​the Setu II Health Center in Bekasi. This research is an analytic survey research using a cross sectional research design with a population of 357 people and a sample of 79 people selected using random sampling technique. Data was taken using a questionnaire which was then processed using a statistical program. The research found that most of the toddlers (75.9%) were well nourished and only 6.3% of toddlers were malnourished. Most of them received poor parenting (72.2%), had low income (77.2%), had no history of infectious diseases (94.9%) and had poor knowledge (67.1%). The results of the statistical analysis found factors related to the nutritional status of toddlers, namely upbringing (p value = 0.008), while unrelated factors were income (p value = 0.107), history of infectious diseases (p value = 0.224), and knowledge (p value = 0.089).