<![CDATA[Diarrhea is still a public health problem in developing countries such as Indonesia ,because they often arise in the form of Extraordinary Events ( KLB ) , andaccompanied by high mortality , especially in eastern Indonesia . Clinically cause ofdiarrhea can be grouped into several broad categories , namely due to infection ,malabsorption , allergies , poisoning , immunodeficiency and other causes , but oftenfound in field or clinical is diarrhea caused by infection and poisoning. The cause of thediarrhea is strongly influenced by various factors such as nutritional status, habits orbehaviors , environmental sanitation and so on .This study aims to determine the energy and protein intake , nutritional status ofchildren aged 1-5 years who have acute diarrhea in the department of Prof. BLU . Dr. .R.D. Kandou Manado . Samples were taken by 15 patients .This research is a descriptive observational cross-sectional design in which the intakeof energy, protein and nutritional status were measured at the same time . Thepopulation in this study were all children aged 1-5 years of diarrhea , which wastreated in the department of Prof. IRINA E . Dr. . R.D. Kandou Manado . Samples weretaken by means of sampling acidental .The results showed that the study subjects had a mean age of 18.3 months , thenutritional status based on the value of z scores is normal with a mean intake thatdoes not meet the standard requirements In conclusion, the results of Pearsoncorrelation analysis showed that there is a very bermakana anatara nutritional statuswith an average intake of macro nutrients ( p < 0.01 ) , but there is no relationshipbetween nutritional status with an average days of hospitalization ( p > 0.05 ) .]]>
