Analysis of the Relationship Between Children's Characteristics, Family Characteristics, Food Intake, Eating Habits, and Disease History with Nutritional Status of Under-Five Children Based on the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure in Karangkamulyan Village, Cihara District, Lebak Regency, Indonesia in 2020

Anisadiyah, Ayu
Sartika, Ratu Ayu Dewi

Indonesian Journal of Public Health Nutrition (IJPHN)
Vol. 3, No. 1

The Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) is an indicator of composite nutritional status assessment (BB/U, PB/U, and BB/PB) to describe all under-five children’s nutritional problems. In 2020, malnutrition, unemployment, and poverty in Banten Province were high, and the population's income tends to be low. Karangkamulyan Village is an underdeveloped village with mining areas. This study aims to determine the factors related to the nutritional status of under-five children based on CIAF in Karangkamulyan Village in 2020. The study used a cross-sectional study design and a systematic random sampling technique. The research sample was 141 under-five children aged 24-59 months. Data were analyzed by univariate and bivariate (chi-square test). The results of the study found that children under five who experienced nutritional problems based on CIAF were 36.2%. There are three variables related to the nutritional status of under-five children based on CIAF, namely exclusive breastfeeding (p-value 0.026), energy intake (p-value 0.026), and vegetable protein consumption habits (p-value 0.003).