The objective of this research was to analyze nutritional status and food consumption of children participating in the Posyandu nutrition program. A total sample of 300 children under five years had been drawn. Sample was divided into two categories namely high participation and low participation in the Posyandu nutrition program. The sample was selected from two sub districts of Cianjur District, West Java. The districts were areas with a high proportion of poor people and many of them take the benefits of Posyandu nutrition program conducted by the government. The participation of children (under five years old) in visiting Posyandus was relatively good, namely, 92.4% (for the high participation group). However, for the low participation group, the number of participating children was relatively low (28.3%). The average consumption of energy for children under five years old was still below the recommended dietary allowance < 80% of RDA, whereas the protein consumption was already above the RDA. The prevalence of underweight, stunting, and wasting among children were respectively 30.0%, 43.7%, and 12.3%. The activities at Posyandus had a positive impact on the nutritional status of children under five years olds, measured in terms of weight for age (W/A) and weight for height (W/H). The more frequent the visit to Posyandus, the better the nutritional statuses would be.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 5.65pt 6pt 14.2pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">This </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">research</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> aim</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">s</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> to analyze underlying factors affecting child malnutrition at Timor Tengah Utara district, NTT. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> design was a cross-sectional study. Sample of this study was household that have underfive years old children residing in the areas of Plan International. Data was collected by using structured questionnaire, focus group discussion and in-depth interview. Nutritional status was measured using anthropometric measurement with weight and height indicators and child consumption was recorded using 24 hours food’s recall. Result showed that in three villages prevalence of malnourished children was high, which were 6</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">0% classified as severe underweight, 15</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">3% severe stunting and 0</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">7% severe wasting. There was no significant difference in term of nutritional status. Child malnutrition was influenced by low access to nutrition and health information</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> low nutrition knowledge and practices</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> and low family income</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en" xml:lang="en">.</span></p>

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Prevalensi penyakit degeneratif dari tahun ke tahun meningkat akibat perubahan gaya hidup, khususnya perubahan pola makan. Walaupun tempe sebagai makanan tradisional Indonesia yang banyak dikonsumsi masyarakat karena mudah diperoleh dan harga terjangkau, tidak banyakyang mengetahui manfaat tempe bagi kesehatan. Tempe lama dikenal sebagai sumber protein yang dikonsumsi oleh kalangan masyarakat berpenghasilan rendah. Kajian lebih mendalam mengenai kandungan gizi dan manfaat tempe dan bagi kesehatan, khusus sebagai pencegah penyakit degeneratif perlu dilakukan. Proses fermentasi kedelai menjadi tempe mengakibatkan perubahan zat gizi dan non gizi yang mengakibatkan manfaat tempe jauh lebih baik dibandingkan kedelai. Protein tempe lebih mudah di cerna tubuh, sedangkan asam amino arginin yang meningkat hampir dua kali lipat pada tempe, sangat tinggi manfaatnya bagi kesehatan terutama dalam memperbaiki profil lipid dan diabetes mellitus. Mempertimbangkan hal tersebut tempe dapat dipertimbangkan sebagai pangan fungsional yangbermanfaat bagi kesehatan.Kata kunci: Tempe, protein, arginin, profil lipid, diabetes mellitusAbstractDegenerative diseases prevalence had been arining over years. One of the causes is the life style changes including eating pattern. Tempeh, an Indonesian soybean traditionally fermented food, was known and consumed by almost all Indonesian people. However, only a few know the health benefit of tempeh. Tempeh was also welknown and cheap protein source food affordable for the poor. Hence, there is a need to explore the nutritious content of tempeh and health benefit of it deeper such as in preventing degenerative diseases. Fermentation process of soybean to becometempeh had improved nutrient and non-nutrient contents that make tempeh better than soybean. Tempeh protein is more digestible than soybean and the arginine content increases twice, that could improve lipid profile and diabetes mellitus. Tempeh could be considered as functional food having health benefit.Key words: Tempeh, protein, arginine, lipid profile, diabetes mellitus

The problem of overweight and obese in Indonesia had a trend of rising along with the increasing age of the population. This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with overweight and obese adults aged 25-65 years in Indonesia using Riskesdas 2013 data. The study design was cross-sectional. Samples were adults aged 25-65 years in Indonesia with the total of 458 591 people. Results showed that the prevalence of overweight and obese at the age of 25-65 years were found to be 26.1 percent and 7.20 per cent, respectively. The mean of Body Mass Index (BMI) was 24.02 ± 3.70 kg/m 2 . The results of logistic regression analysis showed that the risk factors associated with overweight and obese were age, sex, region, marital status, employment, economic status, and smoking habits. The result also showed that the habits of eating bread and biscuit were also associated with the incidence of obese. Hence, prevention efforts such as sufficient regular physical activities are needed. In addition, it is also necessary to promote food substitute for carbohydrates source to meet balanced nutrition both in number and type, as well as the quality.

This study was aimed to analyze the effect of multi-micronutrients (MMN) supplementation and nutrition education on nutrition knowledge, mean adequacy ratio (MAR) and iron status of young adolescent girls (YAG). The study was done in three purposively selected junior high schools (JHS) in rural Bogor by implementing a quasi experiment control trial for 112 YAG for 16 weeks: thirty five YAG in the first JHS as a MMN group (SG) were given three times of MMN tablets per week, forty two YAG in the second JHS were given MMN tablet plus nutrition education delivered by trained teacher fortnightly called SGP group and thirty five YAG in the third JHS as a control group. The result showed that the increment of nutrition knowledge score as well as MAR of SGP group were significantly higher than the other two groups. The decrement level of hemoglobin (Hb) in SG and SGP groups was significantly lower than in control group, but in the subset data of anemic group, both intervention groups had significantly increased level of Hb. This imply that nutrition education improved nutrition knowledge of YAG, but MMN tablet could not improve Hb level in general and only had effect on YAG suffering from anemia.<br />Key words: multi-micro nutrients, nutrition education, iron status, adolescent girls

Suplemen gizi berbasis lipid dosis kecil (SQ-LNS) yang diperkaya lemak dan kandungan vitamin dan mineral dapat memenuhi kekurangan asupan dan kebutuhan zat besi dan hal ini dapat berpotensi untuk mengurangi prevalensi anemia pada anak-anak. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengkaji dampak pemberian SQ-LNS dan biskuit terhadap kadar hemoglobin dan mengurangi kejadian anemia. Rancangan penelitian ini non-randomized controlled trial selama enam bulan pada 168 bayi yang menerima 20 g S-LNS atau 3 keping biskuit atau tanpa intervention setiap hari. Kadar hemoglobin diukur pada awal penelitian, 3 dan 6 bulan setelah intervensi dengan hemocue autoanalyzer. Untuk membandingkan kadar hemoglobin menggunakan uji Linear Model ANCOVA dan uji regresi logistic untuk perbedaan insiden anemia. Pada kelompok SQ-LNS setelah 3 bulan intervensi, kadar hemoglobin meningkat secara signifikan sampai 0.73 g/dl (p<0.05), prevalence anemia menurun sampai 19.5% dan signifikan menurunkan insiden anemia sampai 100% (p<0.05). Setelah 6 bulan intervensi, kadar hemoglobin meningkat secara signifikan sampai 0.15 g/dl, prevalensi anemia menurun sampai 5.6% dengan menurunkan insiden anemia sampai 79%. Pada kelompok Biscuit, setelah 3 bulan dan 6 bulan intervensi, kadar hemoglobin menurun sampai 0.17 g/dl dan 0.36 g/dl dengan prevalensi anemia meningkat dari 24.2% dan 17.8% dan juga menurunkan kejadian anemia sampai 63% dan 27%. Pemberian SQ-LNS lebih efektif meningkatkan kadar hemoglobin dan mengurangi insiden anemia pada bayi usia 6-12 bulan setelah 3 bulan intervensi dibandingkan Biskuit.