Maria Goreti Pantaleon
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HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN GIZI DAN STATUS GIZI DENGAN KEJADIAN ANEMIA PADA REMAJA PUTRI DI KOTA KUPANG Maria Goreti Pantaleon; Maria Helena Dua Nita; Meirina Sulastri Loaloka; Christine Rosanti Nenotek
Kupang Journal of Food and Nutrition Research Vol. 2 No. 2 (2021): Kupang Journal of Food and Nutrition Research
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Iron deficiency anemia is anemia that occurs due to iron deficiency which disrupted the formation of red blood cells and other functionalities. Nutritional anemia is very common in Indonesia and can occur in all group of ages, where the hemoglobin levels in the blood is lower than its standard (Adriani, M., et al, 2012). The results of the Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) of 2018 found that anemia cases in Adolescent Girls increased. In 2013, there were approximately 37.1 percent of adolescent girls suffered from anemia. This figure rose to 48.9 percent in 2018. Anemia was mostly suffered by female adolescent in two age groups, 15 to 24 year old-girls and 25 to 34 year-old girls (voice.com article, 2018). The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship among nutritional knowledge, nutritional status and incidence of anemia in adolescent girls in Kupang. The sample in this study were 50 adolescent girls with or without anemia. The research was carried out from May to July 2021 at the Nutrition Study Program of Health Polytechnic of Kupang of Ministry of Health. The data were analyzed by using univariate and bivariate (Chi-Square) analysis. The results of the analysis showed that there was no relationship between nutritional knowledge and the incidence of anemia in adolescent girls (p = 0.870), and there was no relationship between nutritional status and the incidence of anemia in adolescent girls in Kupang (p = 0.058). Keywords: Anemia, Nutritional Knowledge, and Nutritional Status
The Characteristics of Stunting Toddlers in Kairane Village Kupang Regency Maria Goreti Pantaleon
Kupang Journal of Food and Nutrition Research Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): Kupang Journal of Food and Nutrition Research
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Stunting is nutritional status based on the index of body length for age (PB/U) or height for age (TB/U) which is the equivalent of the terms stunted (short) and severely stunted (very short). A child who is stunted often looks like a child of normal height for his age. Stunting begins before birth due to poor maternal nutrition during pregnancy, bad eating habit, deficiency in food quality, and the intensity of frequent disease (Supariasa, 2011). Based on the Nutrition Status Observing (PSG) data, the prevalence of stunted toddlers in Indonesia has increased in 2016 from 27.5% to 29.6% in 2017 while in 2018 the percentage of 37.2% the toddlers in Indonesia had inappropriate height regarding to their age (short), currently approximately 8 million Indonesian children are experiencing suboptimal growth (Ministry of Health 2018). The objective of this study was to recognize the description of stunting toddlers in Kairane village, Kupang Regency. The samples in this study were 23 stunting toddlers in Kairane village. This research was conducted in Kairane village in May to July 2021. The results showed that most of the fathers of stunting toddlers worked as farmers (82.7%), and the mothers of toddlers were did not work or housewives (95.7%). The average numbers of family members of stunting toddlers are 5 people, and regarded to breastfeeding history, most stunting toddlers do not receive exclusive breastfeeding (69.6%).