Perpustakaan Terpadu

Masalah gizi saat ini yang dihadapi di Indonesia adalah beban gizi ganda yaitu gizi lebih dan gizi kurang. Hal ini dapat disebabkan oleh perilaku ibu yang kurang memperhatikan asupan makanan, sehingga anak makan makanan seadanya tanpa memperhatikan kebutuhan gizi tubuhnya. Dari profil kesehatan Jawa Timur tahun 2021 di wilayah Kota Malang memiliki persentase gizi kurang yang tinggi pada balita usia 0-59 bulan yaitu 7,8%. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan antara perilaku ibu tentang gizi seimbang dengan status gizi balita. Desain penelitian analitik korelasional dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Besar sampel yang digunakan sebanyak 217 ibu yang memiliki balita usia 2-5 tahun. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuisioner dan melakukan pengukuran tinggi badan serta berat badan balita. Analisis data menggunakan Uji korelasi Spearman Rank. Hasil penelitian menunjukan sebagian besar (62,7%) ibu memiliki perilaku positif dan hampir seluruhnya (83,9%) status gizi balita kategori baik. Hasil Uji Spearman Rank didapatkan nilai p value 0,015 (p<0,05 H0 ditolak) bermakna terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara perilaku ibu tentang gizi seimbang dengan status gizi balita di wilayah Kelurahan Mergosono Kota Malang. Kesimpulan dari hasil penelitian semakin positif perilaku ibu maka status gizi balita semakin baik, sehingga bagi ibu balita disarankan agar selalu menerapkan pedoman gizi seimbang dan rutin mengikuti kegiatan posyandu agar status gizi balita dapat terpantau dengan baik. Kata Kunci: Gizi Seimbang, Perilaku ibu, Status Gizi Balita

The current nutritional problem faced in Indonesia is the double nutritional burden, which is overnutrition and undernutrition. This can be caused by the mother's behavior which does not pay attention to food intake, so the child eats less food without regard to her nutritional needs. From the health profile of East Java in 2021, the Malang City area has a high percentage of malnutrition among toddlers aged 0-59 months, namely 7.8%. The purpose of this study is to find out the relationship between maternal behavior about balanced nutrition and toddlers nutrition status. Correlational analytical research design with cross sectional approach. The large sample used is 217 mothers who have 2-5year-old toddlers. Data collection uses a questionnaire and measures the height and weight of a toddler. Data analyzed with Spearman's Rank. The results of the study showed that most (62.7%) mothers had positive behavior and almost all (83.9%) of the nutritional status of good-category toddlers. The results of the Spearman Rank Test were obtained by a value of 0.015 (p–0.05 H0 was rejected) meaning that there is a significant relationship between maternal behavior about balanced nutrition and the nutritional status of toddlers in the Mergosono Urban Village of Malang. The conclusion of the study is that the more positive the behavior of mothers is that the nutritional status of toddlers is better, so that they always implement balanced nutrition guidelines and regularly follow posyandu activities so that the nutritional status of toddlers can be well monitored. Keyword: Mother's behavior, Balanced Nutrition, Nutritional Status of Toddlers