HUBUNGAN FAKTOR SOSIAL BUDAYA MAKAN TERHADAP PENCEGAHAN STUNTING ANAK BALITA DI DESA SINGALI KECAMATAN HUTAIMBARU KOTA PADANGSIDIMPUAN

Abstract

Stunting is one of the nutritional status problems in toddlers which is described as a form of growth failure due to poor nutrition and poor health during the prenatal and postnatal periods. Stunting appears as a result of a state of malnutrition that has accumulated over a long period of time so that its physical manifestations will be more visible at the age of 24-59 months. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between socio-cultural factors of eating on the prevention of stunting in children under five in Singali Village, Hutaimbaru District, Padangsidimpuan City. The type used in this research is a cross sectional study analysis approach. The population in Singali Village, Hutaimbaru District is 32 toddlers with an average age of 24-59 months, with a sample of 32 children under five in Singali Village. The analysis used is the chi-square test. The results show that from several variables used, namely the mother's knowledge of food nutrition in the good category 62.5% and 25% enough, and for the family diet variable the right category is 65.63% and 34.37% in the less precise category, for Qualitatively, the food caregiver pattern variable was in the right category by 71.87% and 28.12% in the less precise category, while for the dietary taboo variable for pregnant women as a whole it was in the right category. The conclusion of the analysis test results The social-cultural factors of eating that have an influence on the prevention of stunting in toddlers in Singali village, Padangsidimpuan Hutaimbaru sub-district are factors of mother's knowledge about food nutrition and dietary restrictions.