HUBUNGAN KONSUMSI ENERGI DAN PROTEIN TERHADAP STATUS GIZI BALITA DI KLINIK ANAK RUMAH SAKIT UMUM UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

Background: Sufficient energy and protein intake in children is needed as an effort to prevent a decline in the nutritional status of toddlers during their growth and development. Many mothers who provide food intake without taking attention to nutritional intake for toddlers support the increase in the number of toddlers with Protein-Energy Deficiency (KEP). According to SSGI in 2022, the stunting rate in Indonesia decreased by 2.8% where the province of East Java had a stunting prevalence of 19.2%, and Malang City still had a stunting prevalence of 18%. The data is relevant to the 10 biggest health problems at the UMM Hospital Children's Clinic, in seventh place, namely Nutritional Deficiency and the order is Protein-Energy Malnutrition.
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between energy and protein consumption levels and nutritional status of toddlers in the Pediatric Polyclinic of the University of Muhammadiyah Malang Hospital
Method: This study used an analytical observational research method with a cross-sectional approach with data collection through questionnaires and 2x24-hour food recall forms and then analyzed descriptively and analytically through IBM SPSS software version 23 using the Pearson chi-square statistical test
Results: The relationship between energy intake and nutritional status obtained a p-value = 0.000 (p <0.05). The relationship between protein intake and nutritional status obtained a p-value = 0.005 (p <0.05).
Conclusion: There is a relationship between energy intake and protein intake with nutritional status of toddlers in the Pediatric Polyclinic of the University of Muhammadiyah Malang Hospital