THE FACTORS THAT RELATED TO NUTRITION STATUS IN UNDER FIVE
YEARS CHILDREN IN LAWA HEALTH CENTER, WEST MUNA REGENCY,
2018
Wa Ode Rini
1
La Ode Ali Imran Ahmad
2
Asnia Zainuddin
3
123Faculty of Public Health Halu Oleo University Kendari
1waoderini1295@gmail.com2imranoder@gmail.com3asniaz67@yahool.com
ABSTRACT
Nutritional status is a factor that affects for health and growth children.
Malnutrition in children can cause several negative effects such as slow body growth,
prone to disease, decreased level of intelligence, and mental disruption of children.
The study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge of mother, family
income, and diet with nutritional status in under five years children in the Working
Area of Lawa Health Center West Muna Regency in 2018. This type of study was
observational with a cross sectional study approach. The population in this study was
174 under five years children with a sample of 64 respondents. The chi-square test
results showed that there was a relationship between the knowledge of mothers with
nutritional status in the under five years children with a ρ value (0.04)