PENTINGNYA PENGETAHUAN IBU TENTANG MPASI DENGAN STATUS GIZI ANAK USIA 6-24 BULAN.

Introduction : Parents responsibility is to adequately supply their child's nutritional requirements. Complementary feeding for breast milk are given from the aged of 6 months to 24 months. Mother's knowledge on complementary feeding is a very important thing. Aim : To understand the importance of mother’s knowledge about complementary feeding on nutrition status of children aged 6-24 months. Methods: This literature review. Journals were selected from Google Scholar and PubMed using keywords complementary feeding in infant and children. These journals had been indexed by Scopus and published no later than 2016. Discussion : The analysis showed that complementary feeding must be given on time and continuously. Delayed or too early complementary feeding may result in delayed growth and malnutrition. Complementary feeding was given from smooth and semi solid consistency then increased gradually, along with the increase of feeding frequency. The better the mother's knowledge is directly proportional with better behaviors in mothers on complementary feeding preparation. Complementary feeding that was given too early was done by 90% mothers with lack of knowledge and may cause malnutrition. Conclusion : Complementary feeding have to be given patiently, on time, and consider amount, variety, consistency, serving method, also hygiene. Mother’s knowledge may affect nutritional status of children that were given complementary feeding