THE RELATIONSHIP OF COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF AGES 6 24 MONTH IN ABIANSEMAL I PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER

Abstract: Malnutrition has been directly or indirectly responsible for 60% of the 10.9 million deaths each year among children under five. More than two-thirds of these deaths, which are often associated with inappropriate feeding practices, usuall occur during the first year of life. Below than 35% of babies worldwide are given breast milk exclusion during the first four months of life; complementary feeding often starts too early or too late, and nutritious food is inadequate and unsafe. One factor that can affect nutritional status is food intake. A person's nutritional status is a frame of the food they consume. Children aged 6-24 months receive adequate nutrition from breast milk and complementary feeding. Method: this study used a cross-sectional approach that took place at the Abiansemal I Community Health Center. After calculating using the consecutive sampling formula, 46 samples were obtained. 46 samples that meet the inclusion criteria will be measured by the child's weight and height and fill in the questionnaire listed. Results: Normal nutritional status mostly found in the proportion of home complementary feeding with the total of 38 people. Normal nutritrional status also found in the proportion of home breasteeding supplementary feeding with the total of 29 people. Proportion of giving the complementary feeding at the age of > 6 months, the result mostly normal nutrirional status with the total of 40 people. Proportion of giving the complementary feeding with 2-4 times a day will mostly turned out to be normal nutrinional status with the total of 33 people. Conclusion: there is an insignificant relationship between the provision of complementary feeding for the first time and ongoing with the nutritional status of children aged 6-24 months. And there is a significant relationship between the time of administration and the frequency of complementary feeding administration with the nutritional status of children aged 6-24 months.. Keywords: complementary feeding, nutritional status, children