Profile of Malnutrition in Toddlers in North Lombok Regency

Profile of Malnutrition in Toddlers in North Lombok Regency
Abstract: According to data in 2005, the number of malnutrition's under 5th year children cases in NTB reached 10% of all of under 5th year children on average 498.000 people. Amount of malnutrition's under 5th year children can be caused by social-economic status, parent's education and knowledge about nutrition, child rearing patterns and accompanying disease. Malnutrition profile of under 5th year children is very important to know the life of malnutrition under 5th year children that is seen from nutritional status, age, clinical symptoms, social-economic and accompanying disease, also to know what makes it easier malnutrition and what therapy that must be given to malnourished patients. Knowing the malnutrition profile in under 5th year children in North Lombok NTB in 2008 and 2009. This study was done of the subject's medical report and observation, that is under 5th year children who have malnutrition in 2008 and 2009 using z score by weight/height. This study's structured form includes the information required in the research, which is structured form that contains required information, such as identity (name, age, sex, address of source of funds), accompanying diseases, clinical symptoms. The data obtained were performed using the Excel program, then the results from that frequency distribution were shown in tables and diagrams. The study results that amount of malnutrition patients reach 59 patients (97%) from 59 one, the highest age who suffer from malnutrition 18-24 month (20%), accompanying diseases suffered by most of diarrhea (25%), most clinical symptoms are thin (39%), the source of funds used by many is not known that is as much as 52%, and patients who receive additional therapy as much as that 68%. Conclusions from this study, the amount of malnutrition's under 5th year children with 18 – 24 months of age that accompanied by concomitant diseases in North Lombok in 2008 and 2009 was caused by low social-economy and less parent's education and knowledge about nutrition.
Keywords: profile, malnutrition, under 5 year old children

Author: Hafizah, Pariawan Lutfi Ghazali

Profile of Malnutrition in Toddlers in North Lombok Regency

Abstract: According to data in 2005, the number of malnutrition's under 5th year children cases in NTB reach 10% of all under 5th year children on the average 498.000 people. Amount number of malnutrition's under 5th year children can be caused by social-economic status, parent's education and knowledge about nutrition, child rearing patterns and accompanying disease. Malnutrition profile of under 5th year children is very important to know the life of malnutrition under 5th year children that is seen from nutritional status, age, clinical symptoms, social-economic and accompanying disease, also to know what makes it easier malnutrition and what therapy that must be given to malnourished patients. Knowing the malnutrition profile in under 5th year children in North Lombok NTB in 2008 and 2009. This study was done of the subject's medical report and observation, that is under 5th year children who have malnutrition in 2008 and 2009 using z score by weight /height. This study's structured form that includes the information required in the research, that is structured form that contains required info, like identity (name, age, sex, address source of funds), accompanying diseases, clinical symptoms. The data obtained were performed using the Excel program, then the results from that frequency distribution were shown in tables and diagrams. The study results that amount of malnutrition patients reach 59 patients (97%) from 59 one, the highest age who suffer from malnutrition 18-24 month (20%), accompanying diseases suffered by most of diarrhea (25%), most clinical symptoms are thin (39%), the source of funds used by many is not known that is as much as 52%, and patients who receive additional therapy as much as that 68%. Conclusions from this study, the amount of malnutrition's under 5th year children with 18 – 24 months of age that accompanied by concomitant diseases in North Lombok in 2008 and 2009 was caused by low social-economy and less parent's education and knowledge about nutrition.
Keywords: profile, malnutrition, under 5 year old children

Author: Hafizah, Pariawan Lutfi Ghazali

Published on : JKKI Volume 2, Number 5 April 2010