GAMBARAN KOMPOSISI TUBUH ANAK USIA 2 _ 5 TAHUN DAN HUBUNGANNYA DENGAN STATUS EKONOMI DI KOTA SEMARANG

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Background: Children's body composition can be used to assess their nutrition status. It is consisted of 2 tissues: fat
tissue andfat-free (muscle) tissue. The circumference of the upper arm, the thickness of fat under the skin, the triceps
and the width of the upper arm muscle are commonly used as the standard for measuring the composition of a body
because it is cheap and easy to apply; yet rarely practiced. The nutrition status is influenced by the economic and social
condition of thefamily such as income andfood expenses. Purpose: to describe the composition of body of children age
2-5 years old and to analyze the correlation between family income and the cost spending for food with the composition
of their body. Method: this survey is conducted by using the cross sectional approach. The primary data are:
circumference of the upper arm, the thicbtess of fat under the skin, the triceps and the width of the upper arm muscle
snd the social economic data based on interviews by using questionnaires. The research population is children age 2-5
in the area of Puskesmas Bangetayu. From 1227 children in the area, 609 were taken os samples. Results: there is a
difference in the thickness of fat under the skin (p:0.001) and the width of the upper arm muscle (p:0,001) betvveen
boys and girls. From the bivariat result, there is a correlation between family income and the cost spending on food
with the circumference of the upper arm, triceps and the width of the upper aftn muscle. Yet, both of them do not have
any correlation with the thiclmess offat under the skin. circumference
Keywords: Education, economic status, composition of body, children age 2-5