DEMONSTRASI PENGELOLAAN MAKANAN PANGAN LOKAL PADA IBU HAMIL DAN IBU BALITA DALAM UPAYA PENCEGAHAN STUNTING

Abstrak: Stunting berdampak pada pertumbuhan dan perkembangan balita yang tidak sesuai usia. Stunting tertinggi di kecamatan tilongakabila terdapat di desa Bongoime dengan kasus sangat pendek 43 balita dan kasus pendek 114 balita. ibu hamil dan ibu balita tidak paham tentang stunting, tidak paham bahwa pangan lokal seperti tanaman kelor yang dijadikan makanan ternak banyak manfaatnya. Daun kelor sumber pangan nabati yang kaya kandungan gizi. Salah satu antioksidan adalah jus buah tomat (Solanum lycopersicum). Asam folat untuk ibu hamil mencegah kecacatan janin ketika dilahirkan. Pangan lokal salah satunya Jagung merupakan sumber protein tinggi. Pengabdian masyarakat bertujuan meningkatkan pengetahuan dan keterampilan ibu hamil dan ibu balita dalam pengelolaan bahan pangan lokal. Metode yang digunakan ceramah, demonstrasi membuat pudding daun kelor dan jus tomat serta kuesioner. Kegiatan dilakukan pada 10 orang kader dan 30 orang ibu hamil dan ibu balita.monitoring berupa pretest kategori baik 37,5% dan posttest kategori baik meningkat 62,5% hasil yang dicapai adalah kader, semua ibu hamil dan ibu balita mengalami peningkatan pengetahuan dengan nilai value 0,000 t table = 1,99.Abstract: Stunting has an impact on the growth and development of toddlers that are not age appropriate. The highest stunting in tilongakabila district was in Bongoime village with 43 very short cases and 114 short cases. Pregnant women and mothers of toddlers do not understand stunting, do not understand that lokal food such as moringa which is used as animal feed has many benefits. Moringa leaves are a source of vegetable food that is rich in nutrients. One of the antioxidants is tomato juice (Solanum lycopersicum). Folic acid for pregnant women prevents fetal defects when born. Lokal food, one of which is corn, is a source of high protein. Community service aims to improve the knowledge and skills of pregnant women and mothers under five in the management of lokal foodstuffs. The method used is lectures, demonstrations of making Moringa leaf pudding and tomato juice and questionnaires. The activity was carried out on health cadre 10 and 30 pregnant women and mothers of toddlers. Monitoring in the form of pre-test and post-test the results achieved were that all pregnant women and mothers of toddlers experienced an increase in knowledge 37,5% than 62,5% good category and increased skills with a value of 0.000 t table = 1,99