Correlation Between Mother’s Infants and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Knowledge with Nutritional Status of Toddlers

Background: Nutrition is one of the essential parts of the child's growth and development phase. Adequate nutrition intake since the early stage is associated with the nutritional status of children. One factor that affects nutritional status improvement is an appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF). Another important factor of the successful IYCF is the mother's infant and young child feeding (IYCF) knowledge.Subjects and method: The design of this study was a descriptive-analytic study using a cross-sectional approach. This research was conducted in Pagelaran Village, Pagelaran District, Pandeglang. The study sample was 92 mothers of toddlers. The data were collected using a questionnaire about IYCF knowledge and were analyzed using the Chi-Square test.Result: This study showed that there was no significant correlation between mother’s IYCF knowledge and nutrition status of weight-for-age (p=0.088), length/height-for-age (p=0.226), and weight-for-height or weight-for-length (p=0.226).Conclusion: The mother's knowledge of IYCF has a vital role in the success of IYCF and will improve children's nutritional status.

The Association Between Physical Activity with Nutritional Status of Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Medan City

Background; nutritional status is a condition in which a person's body is healthy or not, which can be seen anthropometrically, biochemically, physically, and dietary intake. The state of excess intake and inadequate activity will lead to excess body weight. During the COVID-19 pandemic, physical activity decreased among adolescents, so there is a risk of being overweight. Objectives; to analyze the relationship between activity and nutritional status in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Medan City. Material and Method; analytical survey with cross-sectional study approach. This research was conducted by collecting data online in Medan City. The sample of this study was adolescents with a random sampling of 99 samples. Results; This study shows that there is a association between physical activity and nutritional status in adolescents with p-value (0,008). Conclusion; physical activity is needed to maintain body weight during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Faktor yang Memengaruhi Kadar Gula Darah Penderita Diabetes Mellitus (DM) Tipe 2 di RSUD Dr. Djasamen Saragih Pematangsiantar

Pendahuluan: Diabetes Mellitus menyebabkan 5,1 juta kematian pada tahun 2013. Menurut International Diabetes Federation bahwa pada tahun 2013 terdapat 382 juta penderita DM di dunia dan diperkirakan akan meningkat pada tahun 2035 melebihi 592 juta penderita DM, 55% peningkatan terjadi pada DM Tipe 2. Tujuan: Mengetahui faktor – faktor yang memengaruhi kadar gula darah penderita diabetes mellitus (DM) tipe 2 di RSUD dr.Djasamen Saragih Pematangsiantar. Metode: Desain penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei analisis deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Populasi penelitian ini adalah pasien rawat jalan di poli penyakit dalam, berjumlah 40 orang. Metode pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik total sampling. Analisis data menggunakan chi square. Hasil: Penelitian menunjukkan tidak ada pengaruh antara indeks massa tubuh dengan kadar gula darah dengan p value 0,338 > 0,05, ada pengaruh riwayat keturunan/genetik dengan kadar gula darah dengan p value 0,034 < 0,05, ada pengaruh Aktivitas fisik dengan kadar gula darah dengan p value 0,047 < 0,05, ada pengaruh pola makan dengan kadar gula darah dengan p value 0,05 ≤ 0,05. Kesimpulan: Ada pengaruh pola makan, aktivitas fisik dan Riwayat keturunan terhadap kadar gula darah dan Tidak ada pengaruh indeks massa tubuh (IMT) terhadap kadar gula darah.