Study Investigation The Risk Factors of Toddlers With Low Nutritional Status in The North Coast of Java, Indonesia 1) Yulia Rachmawati Hasanah, 2) Widya Addiarto, 3) Mega Silvian Natalia
1, 2) Department of Nursing, STIKes Hafshawaty Pesantren Zainul Hasan, Probolinggo, Indonesia
3) Department of Midwifery, STIKes Hafshawaty Pesantren Zainul Hasan, Probolinggo, Indonesia
Abstract
Abstract. Today, one of the problems in the world that is never finished was low nutritional status. Toddlers nutritional are the measure of the success nutritional status. Nutritional status as a form for assessment the toddlers development that is used to determine the nutritional intake needed. Each toddlers has a different nutritional status, depending on gender, age, weight, height, and head circumference by checking directly through the posyandu or pediatrician. The risk of low nutritional status in children is caused by several factors, including internal factors and other factors. external. UNICEF in 2020 estimates that 45.4 million children under five years of age are acutely malnutrition. In 2021 the incidence of low nutrition status with stunting in Indonesia is 24.4%, East Java Province is 23.5% and Probolinggo Regency is 23.3%. This study is a descriptive study with a cross-sectional approach, with a population of all mothers who have stunting toddlers. The sampling method is total sampling and the variables including a history of birth weight, history of exclusive breastfeeding, parenting nutrition, maternal age at delivery, maternal age at marriage, mother^s education, mother^s occupation, family income, access and quality of health services, number of Antenatal Care visits, clean water facilities, sanitation facilities. This study uses a questionnaire distributed to all respondents via google form then the data is processed to determine the dominant factors that influence the incidence of stunting in children.
Keywords: The Risk Factors, Low Nutritional Status
