HUBUNGAN PERILAKU PEMBERIAN MAKANAN DENGAN STATUS GIZI BALITA USIA 1-3 TAHUN DI POSYANDU DESA LARANGAN WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS CANDI

Abstract

Feeding behavior greatly influence the nutritional status of children. Provision of adequate
food quality and quantity will support the growth and development of toddlers.the problem with
this study was toddler less or poor nutritional status caused many parents still do not know how
good feeding like any attention to nutritional needs of children in those food. This study aims to
identify the relationship of feeding behavior by the nutritional status of children aged 1-3 years in
the village of Larangan IHC. The design study is a descriptive, survey research methods are
analytic, and by cross-sectional approach. The research was conducted in the village of Prohibition
and a large integrated health as much as 49 sample respondents by making simple random
sampling technique. Independent variable in this study is the feeding behavior of the dependent
variable while the nutritional status of children. The data collection is done by filling kuesioner and
observation nutritional status of children through the KMS. Results of collecting further data were
tabulated and using the Fisher test to determine the relationship of independent variables with the
dependent variable, with significance level α = 0.05. The results obtained using Fisher's test results
with a significant level of p = 0.000 indicating that feeding behavior associated with nutritional
status of children. Based on data analysis can be concluded that the feeding behavior associated
with nutritional status of children aged 1-3 years