Hubungan Asupan Makronutrien dengan Status Gizi Balita (2-5 Tahun) di Puskesmas Nanggalo

The first five years of children’ life is an important period for development and it is time for establishment of the physical, psychological, and intelligence. Generally, problem on child nutrition is caused by the impact of imbalance between intake and nutrient (nutritional imbalance). WHO estimated that 54% of infants and children deaths caused by malnutrition. According to RISKESDAS 2010, 13.0% children was malnutrition and 4.9% with severe malnutrition. Based on recapitulation of mass weighing at Nanggalo Health Center, Nanggalo District was the region with high incidence of malnutrition and severe malnutrition. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between macronutrient intake with nutritional status of children (2-5 years ) at Nanggalo Health Center. This research is analytic observational with cross sectional design. Performed in Nanggalo Health Center with 83 children under five years as sample. Sampling was done by simple random sampling and collected from interview. Data collected are characteristics of the respondent (age, sex, and anthropometric data), food intake (macronutrients) by using the FFQ ( food frequency questionairre semi-quantitative ) and analyzed with chi-square test The results showed that 48.2% children with malnutrition, 60.2% with inadequate intake of carbohydrates, 77.1% with adequate protein intake , and 88% children have enough fat intake . There is significant relationship between carbohydrate intake with nutritional status of children, and there is no significant relationship between the protein and fat with the nutritional status of children. Keywords:carbohydrates, protein, fat, nutritional statu