Modisco With Moringa Leaf for Improving Childhood’s Nutritional Status

Abstract

Child growth is recognized as an important indicator of nutritional and health status. But in fact, there are still some cases of undernutrition in some areas of Jember. This is certainly a challenge for health providers because the lack of nutrients that occur in this golden period is irreversible. This research aims to analyze the effects of modisco with moringa leaf for improving the childhood's nutritional status. It was a quantitative research and conducted by using quasiexperimental study. This research used pre-post tests design for experiment and control groups. Data from 40 children (20 from modisco group and 20 from the control group) were analyzed by using paired t-test and simple logistic regression. After one week of treatment, the mean of child weight significantly increased in intervention groups (mean gain weight 0.57 kilogram, p = 0.000), whereas the weight score remained unchanged in the control group (mean gain weight 0.05 kilogram, p = 0.066). The result also showed that there was a significant positive effect of the modisco with moringa leaf for increasing child's body weight (p= 0.026, Exp.B=56,6). It was indicated that the children who were given modisco with moringa leaf for 7 days, potentially had 56,6 times greater for increasing their weight than those who were not given. It could be conduded that the consumption of Modisco with moringa leaf had a beneficial effect to improve the childhood's nutritional status

A Comparative Study: Modisco and Acupressure for Weight Gaining Toddler

“…In Nurina's (2020) study, giving soybean Modisco to KEP white rats for 14 days was able to increase body weight by an average of 55.33 grams (54.9%) (12).Muflihatin's research (2021) stated that children who were given Modisco with Moringa leaves for 7 days, had 56.6 times greater potential to increase their weight than those who were not given. So it can be concluded that the consumption of f Modisco with Moringa leaves has a beneficial effect on improving the nutritional status of children(6). in Arolyumma's research (2016) concluded that there was a significant difference in body weight change before and after giving Modisco ice cream(13).…”