Pemberian ASI pada awal kehamilan merupakan salah satu prinsip menyusui yaitu dimulai sedini mungkin dan secara ekslusif. Pemerintah Indonesia medukung kebijakan WHO dan UNICEF yang merekomendasikan inisiasi menyusui dini sebagai tindakan penyelamatan kehidupan, karena inisiasi menyusui dini dapat menyelamatkan 22% dari bayi yang meninggal sebelum usia satu bulan. Di Indonesia akhir-akhir ini sedang digiatkan satu program yang disebut Inisiasi Menyusui Dini yang dapat memberikan keuntungan baik dari bayi maupun dari ibu.Menyusui secara ekslusif akan menjamin bayi tetap sehat dan memulai kehidupannya dengan cara yang paling sehat. Menyusui tidak hanya memberikan kesempatan kepada bayi untuk tumbuh menjadi manusia yang sehat secara fisik, tetapi juga lebih cerdas, memiliki emosional yang stabil, perkembangan spiritual yang positif, serta perkembangan sosial yang baik. Pengetahuan terakhir tentang efek negatif pemberian makanan padat yang terlalu dini cukup menunjang pembaharuan definisi ASI Ekslusif menjadi ASI saja sampai usia sekitar 6 bulan. Pemberian makanan padat/tambahan yang terlalu dini dapat mengganggu pemberian ASI Ekslusif serta meningkatkan kesakitan pada bayi.Pengalaman dalam upaya meningkatkan penggunaan ASI selama bertahun-tahun menunjukkan bahwa hambatan utama penggunaan ASI ternyata adalah kurang sampainya pengetahuan yang benar tentang ASI dan menyusui pada para Ibu. ASI dan menyusui umumnya

Background: Problems that arise in students based on the results of the 2016 study indicate that more than 80% of students like to eat unhealthy snacks such as packaging snacks, fried foods, instant noodles, and meatballs. Where snacks contain high energy, carbohydrates, protein, saturated fat, and salt. The excess energy and nutrients intake are related to increasing the metabolic incidence of syndromes and the main risk factors for cardiovascular disease.Objectives: This study aims to determine the effectiveness of giving nutritional interventions to eating habits and anthropometric status of college students in Malang.Methods: The quasi-experimental design with 31 participants from college students in Malang. Nutrition interventions provided in the form of education related to healthy snacks and assistance in making healthy snacks. The instruments used were pretest-posttest, questionnaire, and semi FFQ. Data processing was carried out by descriptive statistical analysis and dependent t-test at a 95% confidence level.Results: There was a significant increase in knowledge related to healthy snacks for subyek penelitiants (p <0.01) indicated by the results of the pre-test and post-test. There was an increase in the influence with nutrition claims by 31% and there was a significant difference between before and after the intervention (p = 0.013). The results of a healthy semi FFQ snack for the fruit category experienced a significant increase after being given an intervention program (p <0.01), while the semi FFQ results for unhealthy snacks for the category of salted crackers, chocolate/candy, pudding, and market snacks tended to decrease in consumption although not significant. The prevalence of overweight and obese in participants before being given intervention was 29% and decreased after being given intervention to 22.6% even though there was no significant difference (p = 0.096).Conclusions: There is an increase in the influence of 'nutrition claims' and fruit consumption significantly. While the prevalence of obese tends to fall even though it is not significant between college students.

Background: Obesity remains the main malnutritional problem globally. One of the contributing factors is the imbalance diet eating behavior. This study aimed to analyze the effect of balanced diet education with media comic on modification of eating behavior in adolescents at middle school, Malang, East Java. Subjects and Method: A randomized control trial study was conducted at Middle School, Malang, East Java, in November 2018. A sample of 64 students was randomized into two groups: (1) Experiment group that received diet education using media comic, and (2) Control group that received no intervention. The dependent variables were knowledge, attitude, and skill of eating behavior. The independent variable was diet education using media comic. The data were analyzed by independent t-test. Results: After the intervention, the experimental group had higher mean of knowledge (Mean= 92.72; SD= 10.78), attitude (Mean= 83.23; SD= 18.13), and skill (Mean= 78.79; SD= 16.94) than the control group, including knowledge (Mean= 88.68; SD= 11.47), attitude (Mean= 87.60; SD= 8.60), and skill (Mean= 79.94; SD= 14.31), and it was statistically insignificant in each outcomes, (p= 0.151), (p= 0.223), and (p= 0.770) respectively. Conclusion: Diet education with media comic is effective in improving knowledge, attitude, and skill of eating behavior in students, but it is not statistically significant. Keywords: diet education, media comic, eating behavior, balanced diet Correspondence: Rani Nurmayanti. School of Health Polytechnics, Ministry of Health. Jl Besar Ijen 77C Malang, East Java. Email: freshrunz@gmail.com. Mobile: +6285258334321. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.02.37