The Relationship of Mother's Knowledge Regarding Food Presentation With Appetite Stunting Children In The Working Area of The Loka Puskesmas Bantaeng

Abstract

Background: According to the World Health Organization
(WHO), stunting is defined as a growth factor that describes the
failure to achieve growth potential as a result of suboptimal
health and/or nutritional status, chronic nutritional problems
caused by a lack of food for a long time, usually because the diet
does not meet needs. nutrition. The problem of stunting starts
in the womb and is not realized until the child is two years old.
The prevalence of stunting in Bantaeng district is 5.84% and
there is a high prevalence of stunting in local health centers at
211 (25.53%) and the highest prevalence of stunting in villages
is in Bonto Tallas, namely 55 and the lowest is at Bisappu
Community Health Center at 0 .58% (Dinkes 2023). Objective:
to find out whether there is a relationship between mother's
knowledge about food presentation and children's appetite
Method: This research is quantitative research with a cross
sectional method Results: the results of the Kolmogorof
alternative chi squere test obtained a value of p= 0.023 (p<=
0.05) so it was concluded that there was a relationship
between mother's knowledge about food presentation and
changes in children's appetite. Conclusions and suggestions:
there is a relationship between maternal knowledge and
appetite in stunted children. The results of this research
theoretically can be expected to provide additional knowledge
and theory towards the development of nursing science to
conduct further research related to the relationship between
maternal knowledge about food presentation and appetite in
children. stunted children