Analisis Determinan Status Gizi Balita di Yogyakarta

Masalah gizi kurang balita merupakan masalah aktual di wilayah Puskesmas Sentolo 1. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui faktor yang mempengaruhi status gizi balita. Penelitian bersifat observasional menggunakan cross sectional. Responden balita 12-59 bulan sebanyak 155 orang. Data determinan status gizi diperoleh melalui kuesioner, sedangkan status gizi ditentukan berdasarkan indeks Berat Badan/Umur. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat hubungan bermakna antara usia balita, riwayat pemberian ASI, asupan makanan, persepsi ibu, pola pengasuhan dengan status gizi balita. Faktor dominan yang mempengaruhi status gizi adalah asupan makanan. Under nutrition was still a prior problem in Sentolo 1 Public Health Center. The objectives of this study were to determine nutritional status in children under five years and related factors. This study was an observational use cross sectional study was conducted with 155 children under five year. Data is determinants of nutritional status was assessed using anthropometric measurement. There was a significant association between child’s age, exclusife breastfeeding, child’s dietary intake, caregivers’ practice and mother’s perception with child’s nutritional status and child’s dietary energy intake was the most factor that significant correlated