Overview of Nutritional Status of Children Between 6-24 Months Who Have Feeding Difficulties in Working Area of North Cimahi Primary Health Care Center
Elly Noer Rochmah, Dini Ismayanti Permana, Sutedja, Nadhilah Lailani

Medical Faculty, Universitas Jendral Achmad Yani

Abstract

Feeding difficulties in children is the lack of appetite or inability to eat and refuse certain foods. Feeding difficulties can be caused by several factors, specifically organic and non organic factors. Feeding difficulties will be at high-risk of causing nutritional problems if not treated as they get older. The objective of this study is to determine the nutritional status of children age 6 to 24 months who have feeding difficulties in the working area of the North Cimahi Primary Health Care Center. This study was cross sectional and conducted in January 2018. The sample consisted of 48 children who had feeding difficulties. This study used questionnaires data and also measures children^s height and weight. The data was analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the average age of children who have feeding difficulties in the working area of the North Cimahi Primary Health Care Center was 15,40 months. The majority of children who have feeding difficulties were males (54,2%). The types of nutritional status in children who have feeding difficulties ranged from normal (70,8%) to malnutrition (27,1%) and severe malnutrition (2,1%). The types of feeding difficulties were inappropriate feeding practice (81,3%), parental misperception (16,7%), and sensory food aversions (2,1%). The types of nutritional status in children with inappropriate feeding practice ranged from normal (64,1%) to malnutrition (33,3%) and severe malnutrition (2,6%), while in parental misperception the nutritional status was all normal (100,0%) and sensory food aversions misperception the nutritional status was all normal (100,0%).

Keywords: Age 6-24 months, children feeding difficulties, nutritional status

Topic: Clinical Practice in Pandemic Era