Malnutrition can be caused by delays in growth in children, including the development of gross motor, fine motor, language skill, and personality. Nowadays, 43% of children in developing countries are feared to have developmental disorders, and only 30% of pre-school children with developmental disorders are identified earlier. This study aimed to determine the relation of nutritional status and developmental status of children aged 12-36 months in Puskesmas Jetis Kota Yogyakarta. The design of this study was cross-sectional. The target population was children aged 12-36 months with 84 samples which are obtained by consecutive sampling. Nutritional status was obtained from measurements of weight and height or length from the WHO Standard. Developmental observations using the Denver II test. The data analysis used is fisher’s exact test. The result is the majority of the subject were in good nutrition and in good development status. There was a correlation between nutritional status and the developmental status of children aged 12-36 months with p-value 0,001. Underweight children were more likely 13,8 risk to have suspect development status compared to those in well-nourished
Introduction: Several studies have shown that women who have overweight and obese tend to have more severe dysmenorrhea than women with a normal BMI. The results of the preliminary study that have been carried out, obtained information that students who lived in the Yogyakarta Ministry of Health Poltekkes dormitory for more than six months have a prevalence of underweight of 20.13% and overweight of 25.62%. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between BMI and the severity of dysmenorrhea. Methods: This research is quantitative using primary data sources with a cross-sectional design. The sample in this study were students of the Department of Midwifery. Sampling using non-probability sampling method by purposive sampling as many as 311 people. Result: The analysis of this study was carried out using multivariate. The results of this study indicate that there is a significant relationship between BMI and dysmenorrhea (p=0.006). In respondents with dysmenorrhea, the OR for having severe dysmenorrhea in obese respondents was 6.3 times, compared to respondents with normal weight. Conclusion: BMI in adolescents with obesity affects the severity of dysmenorrhea so physical activity and nutritional intake need to be considered to reduce body weight.
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