The Relationship between Parental Knowledge and Children Nutritional Status
Keywords:
Children Nutritional Status, Parental KnowledgeAbstract
The prevalence rate of Low Birth Weight (LBW) in Indonesia in 2020 reached 11.69%. This is due to several factors, namely, socio-economic, cultural, and one of them is parental knowledge. Parents' nutritional knowledge, attitudes, and practices play an important role in their children's nutritional behavior and growth. This study aims to assess the influence of parents' nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices on children's eating habits and growth. Nutrition is a complex issue for children. In addition, parents' education level and socioeconomic status significantly influence children's eating habits. This study emphasizes the importance of nutrition education and the influence of family environment on children's diet. Education is an effort to change a person's attitude and behavior in order to reach maturity through the teaching and learning process. A person's level of education is positively correlated with his or her speed in receiving information. In the context of child development, especially related to nutrition, parental education, especially mothers, plays a very important role. Maternal education is a key factor in directing the process of child development, especially in terms of knowledge about the relationship between food, health, and the nutritional needs of the family, especially children. There is an association between the nutritional status of underweight infants and low-income families with mothers who have limited understanding of nutrition. In contrast, infants with normal nutritional status generally have mothers who have sufficient understanding of nutrition. The role of maternal knowledge is very significant in determining the nutritional status of children. If the mother has a good understanding of nutrition, it is likely that the child's nutritional status is also good. Therefore, the level of knowledge possessed by a mother can create the knowledge needed by the child, especially regarding aspects of food intake which is an important key in growth and development. The purpose of this study is to provide an in-depth description and analysis of parents' understanding of the fulfillment of balanced nutrition.
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