PMT BAHAN MAKANAN LOKAL PADA BALITA GIZI KURANG DI DESA KUTA KECAMATAN PUJUT KABUPATEN LOMBOK TENGAH TAHUN 2023

Abstract

Background : Malnutrition is a form of malnutrition in children which puts them at risk of long-term
developmental delays. Nutritional supplementation or providing additional food to pregnant women
and children is one of the specific intervention activities to help reduce the prevalence of malnourished
children under five. The objective : from this research to determine the effectiveness of providing
additional food with local food ingredients to malnourished toddlers on increasing the weight of
toddlers in Kuta Village. Method : This research is a Quasi Experiment with a One Group Pretest and
Posttest 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 additional
food from local food ingredients every day in the amount of 1 portion with a calorie content of 300-450
calories, 6-18 grams of protein and 7.5-29 grams of fat. grams in the form of complete meals and
snacks and given for 90 consecutive days. To determine the difference in the effect of supplementary
feeding interventions with local food ingredients on the nutritional status of children aged 24-59
months, the Paired Sample T-Test statistical test was used. Most of the toddlers who experienced
weight 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 of
providing additional food with local food ingredients, namely from poor nutritional status to good
nutritional status for 10 toddlers (50%). This study stated that there was an influence on the weight gain
of malnourished children on the provision of local food ingredients (p value = 0.002), Coclusion : there
was a effect in body weight before and after the intervention of providing additional food with local
food ingredients