HUBUNGAN BERAT DAN TINGGI BADAN ORANG TUA DENGAN STATUS GIZI BALITA DI KABUPATEN ACEH BESAR

The nutrition status of population in the district of Aceh was considered as a public health problem. The malnutrition of under five year children such as wasting, stunting and underweight has brought a negative impact on the health of the community. Malnutrition was –among other factors - influenced by family characteristic such as weight and height of the parents. The study was conducted in Aceh Besar. It used cross-sectional design with the sample of 300 households with child aged under five years old . The research used secondary and primary data of PSG Aceh 2015. Data was obtained through documentation study and processed through data editing, coding, transferring and tabulating. The data was analyzed by univariate and bivariate using chi-square test. The result has shown that there were relationship between height and weight of the parents with nutritional status of the children using indicators of WFH and HFA (p<0,05). However, it was not true for the mother’s weight (p>0,05). Weight and height of the fathers shown the relationship (p<0,05) with nutritional status (WFA) of the children, but not for the mother's weight and height (p>0,05). In conclusion, the acute and chronic nutritional problems in the district of Aceh Besar were influenced by anthropometric status of the parents, especially the weight and height of the father. It was recommended that improvement of nutritional problems should be done through a direct approach such as growth monitoring, counseling on exclusive breastfeeding, providing of vitamin A and intensified efforts on changing of clean and healthy behavior. ABSTRAK Kabupaten Aceh mempunyai permasalahan kesehatan berdasarkan situasi status gizi. Balita mengalami malnutirisi seperti wasting, stunting dan underweight yang berdampak terhadap masalah kesehatan. Malnutrisi terjadi akibat keadaan gizi mapun faktor keturunan dari orang tua. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengukur hubungan berat badan dan tinggi badan orang tua dengan status gizi balita. Penelitian berdesain potong-lintang, dilakukan di Aceh Besar dengan sampel rumah tangga yang mempunyai balita sebanyak 300 RT. Penelitian menggunakan data sekunder hasil PSG Aceh 2015, diperoleh melalui studi dokumentasi/observasi dan diolah mulai tahapan editing, coding, transfering sampai tabulating. Analisis data univariat dan bivariat menggunakan uji Chi-Square. Hasil penelitian, terdapat hubungan berat dan tinggi badan orang tua dengan status gizi balita berdasarkan indikator BB/TB dan TB/U (p< 0,05), tetapi tidak untuk berat badan ibu. Berat dan tinggi badan kepala keluarga menunjukkan hubungan (p< 0,05) dengan status gizi balita (BB/U), tetapi berat dan tinggi badan ibu tidak menunjukkan hubungannya). Kesimpulan, tingginya masalah gizi kronis dan akut di Kabupaten Aceh Besar merupakan akibat berat dan tinggi badan orang tua yang berperan dalam besarnya prevalensi gizi terutama berat dan tinggi badan kepala keluarga. Saran, perbaikan masalah gizi dapat dilakukan melalui pendekatan secara langsung yaitu pemantauan pertumbuhan, penyuluhan tentang ASI eksklusif dan Vitamin A serta MP-ASI serta upaya terhadap perilaku hidup bersih dan sehat (PHBS). Kata kunci: status gizi, balita, berat dan tinggi badan orang t