<![CDATA[Background : Malnutrition is a form of malnutrition in children which puts them at risk of long-termdevelopmental delays. Nutritional supplementation or providing additional food to pregnant womenand children is one of the specific intervention activities to help reduce the prevalence of malnourishedchildren under five. The objective : from this research to determine the effectiveness of providingadditional food with local food ingredients to malnourished toddlers on increasing the weight oftoddlers in Kuta Village. Method : This research is a Quasi Experiment with a One Group Pretest andPosttest design which was carried out in Kuta Village, the working area of the Kuta Health Center,Central Lombok Regency. The sample was 20 toddlers based on the nutritional status indicator WHZ.using the total sampling technique. Samples were given intervention in the form of providing additionalfood from local food ingredients every day in the amount of 1 portion with a calorie content of 300-450calories, 6-18 grams of protein and 7.5-29 grams of fat. grams in the form of complete meals andsnacks and given for 90 consecutive days. To determine the difference in the effect of supplementaryfeeding interventions with local food ingredients on the nutritional status of children aged 24-59months, the Paired Sample T-Test statistical test was used. Most of the toddlers who experiencedweight gain after receiving additional food experienced weight gain, namely 18 toddlers (90%).Results:There was a change in the nutritional status of toddlers before and after the intervention ofproviding additional food with local food ingredients, namely from poor nutritional status to goodnutritional status for 10 toddlers (50%). This study stated that there was an influence on the weight gainof malnourished children on the provision of local food ingredients (p value = 0.002), Coclusion : therewas a effect in body weight before and after the intervention of providing additional food with localfood ingredients]]>
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