<![CDATA[Underweight in toodler will affect children's intelligence, decreased productivity and low cognitive abilities. The direct causes of underweight are food intake that is not in accordance with the nutritional adequacy of children and repeated infectious diseases. The indirect factors causing underweight vary widely among others, the number of family members, parental education and ownership of child health insurance. The research design used with a descriptive correlation approach with a case control study. A sample of 38 respondents, using a ratio of cases and controls 1: 1, so that the total sample amounted to 76 people (38 cases of underweight children under five and 38 underweight children as controls). Anthopometric index using weight-for-age Z-Score (WAZ), data tested using kai squared test (chi square) The results showed that the relationship between the family of number, mother education and ownership of child health insurance with the incidence of underweight in toodlers (p-value <α 0.05), while there is no relationship between father's education and the incidence of underweight in toodlers (p-value >α 0.05) in the public health center working area ​​ of Cimahi Selatan.]]>
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