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.
Method: 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.