Masa balita merupakan masa yang  dikenal sebagai golden age dan periode kritis. Dimana, Golden age ini merupakan masa yang sangat penting untuk memperhatikan tumbuh kembang anak secara cermat agar sedini mungkin dapat terdeteksi apabila terjadi kelainan. Pemberian asupan gizi yang sesuai untuk tumbuh kembang secara optimal juga perlu diperhatikan, karena jika asupan gizi tidak terpenuhi sesuai kebutuhannya, golden  age akan menjadi periode kritis yang akan mengganggu proses tumbuh kembang anak. Mengingat gizi merupakan faktor penting dalam pola pertumbuhan dan perkembangan anak pada masa golden age, maka memperhatikan kebutuhan dan porsi pemberian gizi seimbang menjadi wajib bagi orang tua. Promosi gizi merupakan salah satu bentuk kegiatan komunikasi informasi dan edukasi yang dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan gizi ibu,penanaman sikap ibu yang poitif terhdap gizi seimbang serta adanya perbaiakn pada pola makan dalam keluarga terkhusus pada balita. Pengabdian masyarakat ini melakukan promosi gizi melalui penyuluhan berupa penyampaian materi terutama mengenai pentingnya gizi seimbang pada masa golden age yang disertai dengan pemberian leafleat dan demo dengan saran yaitu ibu yang memiliki balita di Puskesms Anak Air dan Puskesmas Air Dingin. Kegiatan penyuluhan  ini diawali dengan pre-test untuk mengetahui pengetahuan dan sikap ibu mengenai gizi seimbang, kegiatan penilaian status gizi melalui pengukuran berat dan panjang badan. Kegiatan penyampaian materi oleh pengabdi yang diakhiri dengan kegiatan post-test. Tujuan pemberian pre test dan post test adalah untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat peningkatan pengetahuan dan sikap ibu yang memiliki balita setelah dilakukannya kegiatan penyuluhan. Kegiatan penyuluhan dilakukan 1 kali per puskesmas pada selang waktu kegiatan posyandu di Puskesmas Air Dingin dan Puskesmas Anak Air. Kata Kunci : Balita, Golden Age, Gizi Seimbang ABSTRACT Toddler period is a period known as the golden age and critical period. This golden age is a very important time to pay close attention to the child's growth and development so that as early as possible can be detected if abnormalities occur. Providing appropriate nutritional intake for optimal growth and development also needs to be considered, because if the nutritional intake is not met according to their needs, the golden age will be a critical period that will interfere with the child's growth and development process. Considering nutrition is an important factor in the pattern of growth and development of children during the golden age, then paying attention to the needs and portions of balanced nutrition is mandatory for parents. Nutrition promotion is a form of information and education communication activities that can increase the mother's nutritional knowledge, the inculcation of positive maternal attitudes towards balanced nutrition and the improvement of dietary patterns in the family especially in infants. This community service is promoting nutrition through counseling in the form of delivering material, especially on the importance of balanced nutrition during the golden age accompanied by the provision of leafleat and demonstrations with advice, namely mothers who have children under five in the Water Children Health Centre and Cold Water Health Centre. This counseling activity begins with a pre-test to find out knowledge and attitudes of mothers regarding balanced nutrition, nutritional status assessment activities through weight and length measurements. Submission of services by the servants, which ended with a post-test activities. The purpose of giving pre-test and post-test is to find out whether there is an increase in knowledge and attitudes of mothers who have children under five years after counseling activities. Counseling activities are carried out once per health centre at the interval of Posyandu activities at Air Dingin health centre and Anak Air health centre. Keywords: Children under five years, Golden age, Balanced nutrition,

Obesity in childhood can increase the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). It is also at risk of becoming obese in adulthood. May cause glucose metabolism disorders and degenerative diseases. Besides, obesity in children aged 6-7 years can also reduce intelligence level due to decreased activity and creativity of children, and tend to be lazy due to being overweight. This type of research is a quasi-experimental one-group pre-post test design. The population in this study were all elementary school students in the work area of Puskesmas Andalas. Body Mass Index (BMI) was collected by measuring height and weight using a digital scale and microtoice. Nutrition counselling using leaflet media. Energy intake data collection before and after counselling used the Food Frequency Questionnaire and the 24-hour recall. The researcher collected characteristics data, physical activity data, body weight data, Body Mass Index data using a questionnaire and analysis of differences in BMI before and after the intervention using the dependent sample t-test. The results have a distinction between BMI before and after the intervention. Treatment of obesity in childhood with nutritional balance includes eating a variety of foods, doing physical activity, and regularly monitoring body weight.