Hubungan Perilaku Picky Eater dengan Status Gizi (BB/U) Anak Usia 2-5 Tahun di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Anggut Atas Kota Bengkulu Tahun 2018

Sinta Wahyu Lestari (Poltekkes Kemenkes Bengkulu)
Betty Yosephin Simanjuntak (Poltekkes Kemenkes Bengkulu)
Desri Suryani (Poltekkes Kemenkes Bengkulu)

Jurnal Vokasi Kesehatan
Vol 5, No 2 (2019): Juli 2019

Toddler age is a period of rapid growth and development. Picky eater occurs a lot at the age of toddlers and twice the risk to have a lower weight than children who are not picky eater. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of picky eater behavior with nutritional status (BB / U) of children age 2-5 years in the working area of Puskesmas Anggut Atas Bengkulu.This research uses analytic observational with cross sectional design. The number of samples of 70 children aged 2-5 years in the Work Area of Puskesmas Anggut Atas Bengkulu. Univariate and bivariate data analysis with chi square statistical test.The result that nutritional status based on BB / U of normal category was 75.7% and picky eater behavior was 58.6% while the statistical test showed probability (p) of 0.981 (p <0.05). There is no correlation between picky eater behavior with nutritional status (BB / U) of children aged 2-5 years in the work area of Puskesmas Anggut Atas Bengkulu. Consultation and counseling  is needed to parents who have children under five, so that voter behavior can be changed.