Relationship Factor Enabling Giving Complementary Foods for Breast Milk with Baby Nutrition Status in Makassar City

Abstract

Introduction: Poor nutritional status is a major nutritional problem in infants and has an impact on growth

disorders and is a problem that needs to be addressed seriously, age 6-18 months is a very important period

as well as a critical period in the process of growth and development both physically and intellectually.

Therefore, every baby at this time must obtain nutritional intake according to their needs. Aim; to prove

the relationship between enabling factors and infant nutritional status. Methods: type of research used

analytical survey with a cross-sectional study approach. This research was carried out in Maccini Sawah

Sub-District, Makassar Sub-District, Makassar City. The sample of this study was infants with exhaustive

sampling with 62 samples. Results: The study found that the age of starting complementary food for breast

milk was related to the nutritional status of the baby with a p-value (0,000), the type of complementary

foods for breast milk related to the nutritional status of the baby with a p-value (0,015), the frequency of

complementary foods for breast milk related to nutritional status with p-value 0.004), and the variation of

complementary foods for breast milk administration is related to nutritional status with p-value (0.001).

Conclusion: It was found that there was a strong relationship between age, starting, giving, type, frequency,

and variation of complementary feeding with infant nutritional status.