This study aimed to determine the effect of maternal empowerment on improving fish consumption patterns to increase protein intake, calcium, zinc, and Z-score height by age when stunting children. The type of this research is Quasi-Experimental with pre and post-test control group design. The results showed an increase in maternal knowledge, increased intake of protein, calcium, and zinc as well as an increase in TB scores / After the intervention in the case group, compared to the control group, there were no differences in protein, calcium intake and Z-score TB / U, an increase in maternal empowerment increased intake of children stunting and the same as intake of children not stunting. Conclusion There is a significant difference in the average value of protein intake, calcium, zinc, and Z-score before and after providing maternal empowerment interventions to improve fish consumption patterns in children aged 13-36 months.   Keywords: Intake, Calcium, Maternal Empowerment, Protein, Zinc, Stunting, Z-Score TB / U

This study aims to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of school children snacks before and after counseling related to the empowerment of cadres in schools at Muhammadiyah Lubuk Pakam Elementary School. This research method is a correlative study using a cross-sectional design. The results of the static test show that the value of p = 0.00 <0.05 means that there are significant differences between the knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of Muhammadiyah students' snacks in choosing healthy meals and snacks that contain hazardous ingredients after empowerment by young cadres, In conclusion, the counseling method is very influential in significantly increasing the knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of school children at SD Muhammadiyah Lubuk Pakam.   Keywords: Snack for School Children, Young Cadres, Knowledge, Behavior, Attitude

Failure of stunting in children will produce human resources that cannot compete in the era of globalization, affect work productivity, increase the risk of obesity, and lead to metabolic syndrome. Indonesia has a high incidence of stunting among children under five and school children, including North Sumatra with a prevalence of 42.3%, ranked fourth in the province with a high stunting prevalence. The prevalence of stunting in children aged 5-12 years increases every year. During the growth of very high bone mineralization, low intake of protein, calcium, and zinc influences linear growth. Aged 5-12 years is an opportunity to catch up and improve height. In terms of overcoming the lack of protein, calcium, and zinc intake as well as spurring the growth of schoolchildren, it can be done by giving Lemuru fish nuggets. Fish nugget processing is a simple processing method and has a long shelf life, with storage life in the freezer was 2 weeks. From the results of conseling and training conducted an initial and final knowledge assessment, it is known that initial knowledge is still lacking with an average value of 64.69 after the activity has increased to 83.95. Participants better understand the benefits of local food such as lemuru fish to cope with the stunting situation experienced by their child.

The prevalence of stunting school children in Indonesia, according to Riskesda 2010 is about 35%, 41.7% is found in rural areas, and 29.3% in urban areas. This study is clinical intervention, design of pre and post test with control group in public elementary school children 104255 Paluh Sibaji District of Pantai Labu - Deli Serdang District of North Sumatra Province for 4 weeks. A total samples of 36 children, consisting of a control and intervention group. The control group was given regular chicken nuggets, the intervention group was given nuggets of durian seed flour, each time giving nuggets 100 grams per day. Data analysis is used with t dependent and independent tests. The results of the study found that there was a significant increase in height z score (0.002) in the intervention group before and after the administration of nuggets of durian seed flour lemuru fish. There are difference significantly of height z score between control and intervention groups (0,000).

The purpose of this study was to determine the Effect of Balanced Nutrition Counseling through Poster Media on Knowledge Enhancement and Attitude Change of School Children in MIN Medan Senembah Kec. Tanjung Morawa. This research is an experimental study using design before and after the intervention using an external comparison group. The population was 346 students in grades 3,4 and 5—the research sample of 78 student samples. Data collected are before and after knowledge, before and after attitude. The method uses a questionnaire. Data collection is done by questionnaire form. Data analysis uses Paired Sample T-Test and Independent T-Test tests. The results obtained by the common knowledge before counseling in the experimental group are 62.87, and in the comparison group is 49.45. The average post-counseling knowledge in the experimental group was 76.17, and in the comparison group was 61.12. The average attitude before in the experimental group was 68.31 and in the comparison group 62.97. The average attitude after the experimental group was 73.85, and the comparison group was 68.95. There were significant differences in knowledge and attitudes before and after counseling (p-value = 0.000> 0.05). There were no differences in knowledge and attitudes between the experimental and comparison groups (p-value = 0.490> 0.05).