Hubungan Antara Asupan Energi Dengan Status Gizi Batita Umur 1-3 Tahun Di Desa Mopusi Kecamatan Bolaang Mongondow Induk Sulawesi Utara 2014

: Nutritional transition is very important to reduce infectious disease prevalence and under nourishment. Whenever we have a balance food intake, our nutrition status will be good. This study aimed to obtain the relation between the energy intake and the nutrition status based on the anthropometric indices: W/A, H/A, W/H, and IMT/A. This was an analytical study with a cross sectional design, using the purposive sampling method. Total samples were 90 children aged under 3 years. Data were collected by using interview about food recall, body weight, and height. The results showed that 62 children (68.9%) had normal nutritional status by using index IMT/A; good nutrition with W/A in 66 children (73.3%); H/A normal in 41 children (45.6%); and W/H normal in 71 children (78.9%). The Spearman\u27s rank test showed a coefficient value (r) equal to -0,245 and p 0.02 < = 0.05. Conclusion: In most of the children aged under 3 years there was a significant relationship between energy intake and nutrition status (W/A)