Kurangnya Asupan Makan Sebagai Penyebab Kejadian Balita Pendek (Stunting)

Abstract

Inadequate food intake is one of the causes of malnutrition in young children, where the children are not enough nutrients will have an impact on nutritional disorders like short or stunting. Lace short nutritional disorder is higher than the age indicated chronic disorders of growth hormone. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship meal intake with the incidence of short children (stunting) in RT 01 RW 01 New Peace Tanjung Bandar Lampung in 2015. The study design was used analytic observational with cross sectional approach. The sample in this study is a pair of mothers and children aged 2-5 years of 48 people, and the measuring instrument using a food frequency questionare, chec sheet and microtois list. The results were obtained There is a relationship of protein intake (ρ = 0.002), vitamin A (ρ = 0.000) and iron (ρ = 0.041) and the incidence of stunting, and there is no relationship calories (ρ = 0.178), carbohydrates (ρ = 0.300) and zinc (ρ = 0.732) and the incidence of stunting. Researchers recommendation is to increase the diversity of food and nutritional balance in foods toddlers