DIFFERENCE IN KNOWLEDGE OF BALANCED NUTRITION AND FOOD INTAKE FOR TOODLER BETWEEN MOTHERS OF STUNTING AND NORMAL IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER KALIRUNGKUT SURABAYA

Stunting merupakan kondisi gagal tumbuh pada balita akibat kekurangan gizi kronis yang disebabkan selama periode 1000 hari pertama kehidupan balita tidak mendapatkan asupan makanan yang sesuai dengan kebutuhan gizinya. Faktor penyebab langsung stunting yaitu asupan makanan sedangkan faktor tidak langsung stunting yaitu pengetahuan gizi seimbang ibu balita. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbedaan pengetahuan gizi seimbang ibu dan asupan makanan balita antara balita stunting dan normal di wilayah Puskesmas Kalirungkut Surabaya. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian cross sectional dengan responden sebanyak 46 ibu balita, dengan rincian 23 ibu balita stunting dan 23 ibu balita normal. Variabel pengetahuan gizi seimbang ibu diperoleh dengan menggunakan lembar tes pilihan ganda, sedangkan asupan makanan balita diperoleh dengan menggunakan kuesioner Semi Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (SQ-FFQ). Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah Independent Sample T-Test. Hasil penelitian ini memberikan signifikansi 0.010 < 0.05 yang menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan gizi seimbang ibu stunting berbeda dengan ibu balita normal, ibu balita stunting lebih rendah dari ibu balita normal. Sedangkan asupan makanan balita memberikan signifikansi < 0.05 yaitu energi 0.011, protein 0.000, lemak 0.026, dan karbohidrat 0.001 yang menunjukkan bahwa asupan balita stunting berbeda dengan balita normal. Asupan makanan balita stunting lebih rendah dibanding balita normal.

Kata kunci: Pengetahuan, Asupan Makanan, Stunting, Ibu Balita

Stunting was a condition of failure to thrive in toddlers due to chronic malnutrition which was caused during the first 1000 days of a toddler's life when they did not received food intake that met their nutritional needed.  The direct factor causing stunting was food intake, while the indirect factor of stunting was knowledge of balanced nutrition among mothers of toddlers.  This studied aims to determine the differences in mothers' knowledge of balanced nutrition and toddler food intake between stunting and normal toddlers in the kalirungkut community health center area, surabaya.  This studied used a cross-sectional researched design with 46 mothers of toddlers as respondents, with details of 23 mothers of stunting toddlers and 23 mothers of normal toddlers.  The mother's balanced nutritional knowledge variable was obtained used a multiple choice test sheet, while toddler food intake was obtained used the semi quantitative food frequency questionnaire (sq-ffq).  The data analysis technique used was the independent sample t-test.  The results of this studied provided a significance of 0.010 < 0.05, which shows that knowledge of balanced nutrition among stunting mothers was different from that of normal toddler mothers, stunting toddler mothers were lowered than normal toddler mothers.  Meanwhile, the food intake of toddlers gave a significance of < 0.05, namely energy 0.011, protein 0.000, fat 0.026, and carbohydrates 0.001, which shows that the intake of stunting toddlers was different from normal toddlers.  Stunted toddlers' food intake was lowered than normal toddlers

Keywords: Knowledge, Food Intake, Stunting, Mothers of Toddlers