<![CDATA[A good health status, cognitive development, and productivity cannot be achieved without good nutrition. Nutritional status and its fulfilment of two years old children will be shaping the health status in the next age period. Unfortunately, nutritional problems like underweight is still a significant health problem in Indonesia, especially Special Capital Region of Jakarta. This study used secondary data achieved from Indonesian Family Life Survey 5 data in 2014. This study used a cross-sectional study design with a total of 135 samples of two years old children using a total sampling. Accordingly, the chi square test was used to find factors associated with underweight among two years old children. The result showed that the prevalence of underweight among under two years old children in DKI Jakarta Province was 30,4%. This result showed that child characteristics such as gestational age (OR= 5,813; CI= 1,291 - 26,178), low birth weight (OR= 5,060; CI= 1,136 - 22,533), and frequency of eating sweets (OR= 3,5; CI= 1,118 – 10,962) were associated with underweight (p-value < 0,05). The result of the study suggests that government should involve more in order to increase the role of community such as health center staff and cadres on preventing, detecting, and handling underweight cases by providing education and solutions to this phenomenon.]]>
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