Journal Of Health Science Community
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2025): August

Factors Influencing The Nutritional Status Of Infants Aged 0-6 Months In Trenggalek

Fajriah, Asruria Sani (Unknown)
Pangestuti, Dymalikhul (Unknown)
Fazrin, Intan (Unknown)
Wulandari, Anggrawati (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Aug 2025

Abstract

Based on an initial survey in February 2022 in the Panggul Health Center work area, there were 365 babies aged 0-6 months, of which 6 babies (1.64%) were obese, 27 babies (7.4%) had overweight, 13 babies (3.56%) had underweight, and 319 babies (87.4%) had normal nutritional status.  The purpose of this study was to determine what factors influence the nutritional status of babies aged 0-6 months in the Panggul Health Center work area. This research is an analytical survey research.cross sectional. Respondents were taken using the techniquepurposive sampling. With a sample of 83 people. Independent variables are Gender and Birth Weight of Babies. Dependent variable is Nutritional Status of Babies Aged 0-6 Months. Results: The results of the study showed that most of the babies who had poor nutritional status were male babies, namely 78.6%, and most of the babies had low birth weight, namely 71.43%. The results of the analysis using the chi square test showed that there was a relationship between the sex of the baby and the nutritional status of the baby in the working area of the Pangkal Pinang Health Center.p-valueof 0.001 < 0.05. There is a relationship between the birth weight of babies and the nutritional status of babies in the working area of the Pangkal Pinang Health Center.p-valueof 0.000 < 0.05. Based on the research results, it is known that the variables related to Nutritional Status in Infants Aged 0-6 Months are Gender and Birth Weight of the Infant.

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jhsc

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Dentistry Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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Journal of Health Science Community (JHSC) is an open access journal (e-journal) which publishes scientific works for health worker, academic people, and practitioners. JHSC welcomes and invites original and relevant research articles in health science, as well as literature study and case report ...