Background: Infants aged six months and over have increased nutritional needs so that breast milk is no longer fulfilled because it is necessary to provide complementary foods for breast milk (MP-ASI) to reduce and prevent malnutrition. The provision of MP-ASI has a relationship with nutritional status. This study aims to know about the relationship between timeliness of complementary foods with the nutritional status of infants aged 6-12 months in the working area of the Margorejo Health Center. Methods: The research design used an observational cross sectional. The population in this study were all mothers who had babies aged 6-12 months in the working area of the Margorejo Health Center. Sampling technique using total sampling and the sample size was 64 respondents. Data were collected using a questionnaire. The research variables were timeliness, frequency, quantity, diversity of species and suitability of MP-ASI texture. Data analysis using contingency coefficient test to determine the correlation between the independent variable and the dependent variable. Results: Timeliness of complementary foods was shown by 53,13% respondents while 46,87% of them not on time in timeliness of complementary foods. The results showed that no relationship between the timeliness of complementary feeding with nutritional status with p value=0,64. Conclusion: This study shows that there is no relationship between the timeliness of complementary feeding with the nutritional status of infants. Keywords: complementary feeding, timeliness, frequency, quantity, types of diversity, texture suitability, nutritional status
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.