The Relationship between Energy, Nutrition, and Dietary Fiber Intake with the Nutritional Status of Down Syndrome Children

Lusi Rahmawati, Sri Marliyati, Ikeu Ekayanti

2019

Abstract

Down syndrome is one of the disability conditions that can reduce productivity especially if coming with nutritional problems. Overweight is a nutritional problem that often occurs on Down Syndrome children. This research was aimed to understand the relationship between energy, nutrition, and fiber intake and the nutritional status of Down syndrome children. The design of this study was a cross-sectional study. As many as 50 samples were selected using purposive sampling from five extraordinary schools in Magetan East Java. Structured interviews and a 2x24 hour recall questionnaire were conducted with mothers of Down Syndrome children. According to the z-score of BMI for age, 40.0% of children in this study were overweight and obese, 52.0% was normal, and 8.0% was found to have thin and severely thin nutritional status. Based on the bivariate analysis, energy intake, carbohydrate intake, and fiber intake were not significantly associated with the nutritional status of children with Down syndrome (p>0.05). Protein intake (p=0.018) and fat intake (p=0.027) were significantly associated with the nutritional status of children with Down syndrome.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rahmawati L., Marliyati S. and Ekayanti I. (2019). The Relationship between Energy, Nutrition, and Dietary Fiber Intake with the Nutritional Status of Down Syndrome Children.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Health - Volume 1: ICOH, ISBN 978-989-758-454-1, pages 346-350. DOI: 10.5220/0009768703460350

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icoh19,
author={Lusi Rahmawati and Sri Marliyati and Ikeu Ekayanti},
title={The Relationship between Energy, Nutrition, and Dietary Fiber Intake with the Nutritional Status of Down Syndrome Children},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Health - Volume 1: ICOH,},
year={2019},
pages={346-350},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009768703460350},
isbn={978-989-758-454-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Health - Volume 1: ICOH,
TI - The Relationship between Energy, Nutrition, and Dietary Fiber Intake with the Nutritional Status of Down Syndrome Children
SN - 978-989-758-454-1
AU - Rahmawati L.
AU - Marliyati S.
AU - Ekayanti I.
PY - 2019
SP - 346
EP - 350
DO - 10.5220/0009768703460350