KARAKTERISTIK REMAJA DENGAN RIWAYAT GIZI BURUK DAN PENDEK PADA USIA DINI
ABSTRACT: Severe malnutrition
and linear growth retardation during early childhood were prevalent in
developing countries. Objectives of this study was to study adolescent
characteristics with the severe malnutrition and linear growth disorder history
in early age. A followed-up study were caried out among 93 adolescents aged
10-17 years in Bogor. Subjects admitted to Nutrition Clinic Bogor at the age of
below three years, suffered from severe malnutrition as well as stunted at
first enrollment. Data collected including weight and height, socio economic
status, parent’s weight and height, subject’s characteristicts and secondary
data at first enrollment to the clinic from medical records including weight,
height, diagnozed, parent’s characteristics. As many as 36.6% subjects were
categorized as normal base on height for age (HFA), higher among males (45.3%)
than females (32.3%). Higher proportion of normal HFA adolescent were found on
farmer or driver father, house keeper mother and mother with junior high school
education background. There was no relationship between aged at first
enrollment to nutrition clinic as well as puberty status with HFA during
adolescent. As many as 52% of adolescents achieve normal HFA whose mother’s
height > 150 cm, in the opposite 73.8% of stunted teenage with mother’s
height <150 cm. Conclusion : There is a linkage achieving linear growth
among adolescent experienced severe malnutrition and linear growth disorders
during early childhood with parental employment, maternal education and maternal
height.
Penulis: Arnelia
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd110117
