The Study of Eat-Fostering Behavior and Nutritional Status of Children Under Five in Cikarawang Village, Bogor

Children are what every family is longing for. All families expect their children to grow up optimally and healthily for both their mental and physical so that they will be able to perform their daily life excellently and become the reliable human resource for the nation.As the nation’s asset, children need to get a proper attention since in the womb until reaching adult age. The objective of this study was to analyze the correlation between parenting (especially eat-fostering behavior) and the children’s nutritional status in Cikarawang Village, Bogor. This was a cross sectional study. The subject of this study was children with the age that ranges between 12-59 months. The data regarding the subject’s characteristic and socio-cultural characteristic were obtained from an interview with the toddler’s mom. Anthropometry data including body weight and body height were obtained by directly measuring the subjects. The data regarding eat-fostering behavior were obtained from interview using questionnaire. The proportion of children with malnutrition and good nutrition was 40% and 50%. There was no correlation between eat-fostering behavior and mother’s education, with p>0.05.