Perubahan Berat Badan, Tinggi Badan Dan Status Gizi Anak Balita Pada Pemberian Edukasi Dan Tepung Daun Kelor

Abstract

Background: Nutrition problem is a public health problem that the prevention can not be done with medical approach and health service only. Nutrition problem in addition is a syndrome of poverty that closely related to the problem of food security at the household level also concerns aspects of knowledge and behavior that are less supportive of lifestyle. Puskesmas Bulurokeng Makassar City in 2016, reported that there are 45 children under five suffering from malnutrition in Bulurokeng urban village.Objectives: The purpose of community service is to assess the change of body weight (TB), height (TB) and nutritional status of children under five in the education and giving of kelor leaf meal on the daily diet of children under five in Bulurokeng Urban Village in 2016. Number of children target infants as many as 29 children, intervention carried out for 1 month.Results: The number of cadres who participated in education as many as 5 people and 29 mothers who have a toddler. But at the end of the intervention, as many as 25 children under five could be collected for analysis. Kelor flour in children under five showed significant difference of weight gain (p = 0,001), but there was no difference in height change (p = 0,41) before and after intervention. The nutritional status of children under five does not change based on body weight index by age (BB / U), height by age (TB / U) and body weight by height (BB / TB).Conclusions: It takes about 3 months of moringa flour intervention on the child's food menu, in order to appear a significant change in nutritional status in children under five.Keyword: Moringa leaf flour, nutritional status.

The Effectiveness of Consuming Moringa Leaf Pudding to Prevent Stunting Among Children at Paud Adelweis in West Cikarang, Bekasi District in 2023

“…In that case, there is a potential to improve the nutritional status of children under five. [21] The results of this study indicate the potential for improving the nutritional status of children under five years of age, but more extended intervention and consideration of other factors that may affect the nutritional intake of children under five years of age, which may have an impact on changes in their nutritional status. Thus, the results of this study indicate the potential for improving the nutritional status of children under five, but more extended intervention and consideration of other factors that may influence their nutritional intake are needed.…”

“…This chart shows that stunted children decreased from 4 (12.1%) to 2 (6.1%), and the number of children with average weight are 31(93.9%). Although the weight and height of children under five increased following the intervention, their nutritional status did not change much [13,14] However, it should be noted that there is potential for improving the nutritional status of children under five if the intervention is implemented over a more extended period, such as more than 2 or 3 months. This research was conducted while fasting.…”

“…A study conducted by Zakaria et al in 2012 found that an intervention conducted in children under the age of 5 years by adding 2 to 3 grams of Moringa leaf meal to their daily diet for one month resulted in 18 out of 25 respondents (72.0%) experiencing an increase in height [14] . A study on the benefits of Moringa oleifera extract was conducted by Muliawati, Sulistyawati, and Utami in 2019; it showed a difference in mean height of 1.849 cm between the treated and control groups.…”

“…[9] In addition, Muliyati and Hutagol in 2020, in their research on the formulation of energy and protein source biscuits from Moringa leaf flour (Moringa Oleifera) and Sidat fish bones (Anguila Sp) for stunting toddlers, found that biscuits with the selected formula have the requirements of complementary foods and contain high energy and as a source of protein which is very useful forpreventing stunting in children. [10] Another study on Moringa Oleifera conducted by Muliawati and Sulystiawati in 2019 on providing Moringa Oleifera extract as a preventive effort for stunting incidence in toddlers found that the results of Moringa oleifera extract can increase the height by 0.342 cm with a prediction of 16.2%, while 83.8% is likely to be caused by other factors [11,12] . The results of the multivariate analysis show the best model: when Moringa oleifera extract is controlled by maternal education, it can increase infants' height by 0.476cm with a prediction of 34.1%.…”