Nutrition counseling using the slogan 4 Healthy 5 Perfect since 1952, began to undergo changes into the General Guidelines for Balanced Nutrition (PUGS) in 1992. Counseling about health and nutrition to the community is not an easy thing because it involves behavior change. Reduced knowledge will also reduce a person's ability to apply nutritional information to everyday life. School children are the next generation of the nation and constitute development capital, so that their health needs to be improved. This study aims to determine the effect of counseling on balanced nutrition knowledge and practices in children of Mandai Elementary School in Makassar City. This study wanted to see the effect of balanced nutrition counseling on a group before and after intervention. This research is an analytical study with quasi-experimental design (quasi experimental), one group pretest posttest design approach. The sample is the fifth grade students in the Mandai Elementary School in Makassar City who were selected by simple random sampling of 46 samples. Data on balanced nutrition knowledge and balanced nutrition practices before and after counseling were obtained through interviews using questionnaires. Data analysis using the Wilcoxon test. Data is presented using tables and narratives.The results showed that there was an influence of knowledge (p = 0,000) and balanced nutrition practices (p = 0,001) of school children before and after counseling. It is recommended for schools, especially teachers, to be able to socialize repetitive balanced nutrition guidelines through empowering School Health Enterprises (SHE).

Agent of changes in the health program are civil servant and height education level. The objectives of this study was to analyze maternal employment status and education to the participation in Growth monitoring for child (GMFC). The design of this study was cross sectional in October 2014. The unit of analysis was the mother who has children aged 0-24 months in District Soppeng Riaja and Mallusetasi Barru. Sample size was 416 children were taken by randomly on 15 clusters villages. Data were analyzed using Chi Square test. The results that the characteristics of the mother was having children aged 0-5 months (60.1%), mother's education was basic education down (54.6%), maternal employment was not as civil servants (93.8%), aged mother between 15-35 years (84%), participation had not good (67.5%). The results was no relationship between the work of the father, mother and mother's education work with participation GMFC in Posyandu, respectively p = 0.586, p = 0.449 and p = 0.779. There was a significant correlation between age children with participation in monitoring the growth of children in Barru (p = 0.000). Keywords: child; growth monitoring; maternal education