Determinan Status Gizi pada Siswa Sekolah Dasar

 Malnutrition has been still a central issue. Some  factors cause become complex. This study analiyzed the determinants of nutritional status at 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students of   Elementary School 02 Ngesrep, Banyumanik, Semarang. It was a cross-sectional study. Purposive sampling was applied and taken on 62 students of the 64 population students. Data was colected by interviewing, observing, and documentation. Nutritional status was measured by anthropometry method (BB/U). Chi Square Test was used to analyze the data. Mother’s knowledge level (p=0,0001), mother’s education level (p=0,0001), family income (p=0,0001), communicable diseases (p=0,001), energy consumption level (p=0,0001), and protein consumption level (p=0,0001) had significant association to nutritional status. There was no association between the number of family and nutritional status (p=0,074).