ANALYSIS OF NUTRITION CONSUMPTION LEVEL AND KNOWLEDGE WITH THE INCIDENCE OF CHRONIC ENERGY DEFICIENCY (CED) IN PROSPECTIVE BRIDES AT SIULAK GEDANG PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER, SIULAK, DISTRICT, KERINCI REGENCY

Abstract

Chronic energy deficiency (CED) is a lack of energy intake that has been going on for a long time. Preconception is the period when WUS before pregnancy. Prospective brides are the right preconception period to be able to prepare for pregnancy. In addition, women of childbearing age who suffer from CED have a risk of giving birth to children with CED later in life, causing health problems such as morbidity, mortality and disability. In conditions like this, a study was conducted on prospective brides who were going to face pregnancy and looking for factors that caused CED at the Siulak Gedang Health Center, Siulak District, Kerinci Regency.This study aims to determine the relationship between the level of consumption and nutritional knowledge with the incidence of CED in prospective brides. The research method used is observational analytic using a cross-sectional approach. The population in the study were prospective brides and grooms who registered in August 2020. The sampling technique used the accidental sampling method with 33 respondents.The results of the research analysis showed that there was a relationship between age, education, occupation, knowledge, level of consumption and CED in prospective brides and grooms. Suggestions given to prospective brides and grooms are recommended to improve food consumption by consuming food sources of carbohydrates, protein and fat sufficiently according to needs.