Jurnal Pangan Gizi dan Kesehatan
Factors Related to Food Consumption Patterns of Toddlers in the Working Area of the Ayotupas Community Health Center, North Amanatun District, South Central Timor Regency
By Priskila Tamonob and Utma Aspatria.
Abstract
Background
Inadequate dietary patterns can lead to nutritional problems in toddlers. This study aims to identify factors associated with the dietary patterns of infants in the service area of the Ayotupas Community Health Center. This study employed an analytical observational design with a cross-sectional approach.
Objective
The study was conducted in the service area of the Ayotupas Community Health Center with a sample size of 141 mothers of infants selected using total sampling.
Methods
The independent variables in this study included mothers’ nutritional knowledge, mothers’ occupation, family income, and number of family members, while the dependent variable was the infants’ dietary patterns. Data were analyzed using the Chi-Square test with a significance level of 95% (α = 0.05).