Proceedings of the Third Andalas International Public Health Conference, AIPHC 2019, 10-11th October 2019, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia

Research Article

The Effect of Acceptable Complementary Food with Dadih Toward Nutritional Status of Children Aged 12-24 Months

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.9-10-2019.2297192,
        author={Helmizar  Helmizar and Inova  Gusmelia and Rani  Wahyuni and Putri Aulia Arza},
        title={The Effect of Acceptable Complementary Food with Dadih Toward Nutritional Status of Children Aged 12-24 Months},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the Third Andalas International Public Health Conference, AIPHC 2019, 10-11th October 2019, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={AIPHC},
        year={2020},
        month={7},
        keywords={acceptable local complementary food dadih nutritional status of children},
        doi={10.4108/eai.9-10-2019.2297192}
    }
    
  • Helmizar Helmizar
    Inova Gusmelia
    Rani Wahyuni
    Putri Aulia Arza
    Year: 2020
    The Effect of Acceptable Complementary Food with Dadih Toward Nutritional Status of Children Aged 12-24 Months
    AIPHC
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.9-10-2019.2297192
Helmizar Helmizar1,*, Inova Gusmelia1, Rani Wahyuni1, Putri Aulia Arza1
  • 1: Department of Public Health Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia
*Contact email: eelbiomed@gmail.com

Abstract

Stunting or chronic malnutrition is the result of poor nutrition and poor health in early children under five. The purpose of this study is to create an acceptable complementary food Dadih and its effect on changes in consumption of nutritional status children aged 12-24months. This type of research applied quasi-experimental studies in the Intervention Group and control group. The results of the measurement of product acceptability showed that the children in the Intervention Group consumed 54.54% of biscuits. The nutritional status of children, using the Z-score on weight for height index (WHZ), in the Intervention Group was -0.53 SD, and the Control Group was -0.86 SD. The complementary food Dadih is good enough to improve the nutritional status of children aged 12-24 months. It can be applied to children in Agam Regency.