The Nahdlatul Ulama Health Institute (LKNU), Puskesmas in the Jember Region and Poltekkes Kemenkes Surabaya held community service activities aimed at reducing the prevalence of stunting under five. The activity began with family assistance for pregnant women and stunting toddlers, which were attended by 112 mothers of toddlers and 40 pregnant women, and continued with nutrition education conducted by nutrition counseling with media in the form of posters, flipcharts and games. The third is the provision of nutritional intake for pregnant women and toddlers through Supplementary Food Provision (PMT), and the last is demonstration of examples of balanced nutrition for toddlers according to the principle of balanced nutrition through the use of local food ingredients. The results of the activity revealed an increase in the knowledge of pregnant women and mothers of toddlers by 47%, an increase in the attitudes of pregnant women by 4% and mothers of toddlers by 1.9%, as well as an increase in the practice behavior of pregnant women and mothers of toddlers in preparing and providing a balanced nutritional menu of local food.
Stunting in children is a serious problem because it is associated with the risk of future illness and the difficulty of achieving optimal physical and cognitive development. The prevalence of stunting in Surabaya is found in several working areas of the puskesmas, one of which is at the Tanah Kali Kedinding Health Center at 25.37%. Obesity is a condition in which the accumulation of excess or abnormal fat is bad for health. The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2014 noted that 1.9 billion adults were overweight with a prevalence of 39% having children under five were overweight and obese. The case of obesity in the city of Surabaya itself ranks second highest in East Java Province, which is as many as 98,344 cases. This activity aims to increase knowledge about stunting and obesity prevention for pregnant women and mothers under five. This service method uses increasing knowledge about stunting and obesity in everyday life for pregnant women and mothers of toddlers, measuring nutritional status in Toddlers and cooking demonstrations of healthy snacks using the Risoles menu of Tongkol Ragout Fresh Bread. The results obtained, namely pregnant women and mothers under five experienced an increase in knowledge about stunting and obesity respectively 80% and 82%, both of which were classified as good.
Type-2 diabetes mellitus (DM) burdens health care costs when complications occurred. Dates (Phoenix dactylifera Linn) contain almost complete nutrients, fiber and rich in antioxidants, which can control blood glucose levels. This study aimed to determine the effect of dates on blood glucose levels. This was the experimental study with Randomized Control Trial Pretest and Posttest. There were 36 outpatients of type-2 DM, divided into two groups, control and treatment. 50 grams of Lulu dates were given to the treatment group a day, while the control group were not. In 14 days, all groups were continued to consume oral anti-diabetic drugs. Daily intake data were obtained from 24-hr recall questionnaires, nutritional status data obtained from anthropometric measurements while data of DM from blood glucose levels. Data analysis using the Paired t-test. Results showed that the difference in the decrease of blood glucose levels, in control group (8.67 mg/dl, p-value=0.067) were lower than the treatment group (22.94 mg/dl, p-value=0.04). There were no significant decrease of blood glucose levels between control and treatment groups (p-value=0.223). In this study, consumption of dates has no significant effect on blood glucose levels, but further study are needed to know how dates can improve blood glucose levels.
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