Effect of “Bento” preparation training on mothers knowledge, skill, and child’s picky eating
Authors: Cerdasari Carissa , Puspita Theresia , Adelina Rany 
Published: July 2019

<p align="center"><strong>ABSTRAK</strong></p><p><strong><em>Latar belakang:</em></strong><em> Masalah </em><em>sulit </em><em>makan pada anak dapat berakibat jangka panjang pada pertumbuhan dan perkembangan</em><em>, terutama dikaitkan dengan kejadian underweight. </em><em>Underweight akan </em><em>berdampak pada gangguan </em><em>perkembangan kecerdasan</em><em> dan</em><em> proses belajar, lebih rentan terhadap infeksi, meningkatkan keparahan penyakit, hingga meningkatkan mortalitas</em><em>. Salah satu penyebab sulit makan pada anak karena penampilan makanan yang tidak menarik. </em></p><p><strong><em>Tujuan:</em></strong><em> </em><em>Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbedaan pengetahuan ibu terkait gizi dan kesulitan makan pada anak, keterampilan ibu dalam pembuatan bekal, dan tingkat kesulitan makan pada anak sebelum dengan setelah pelatihan pembuatan “bento”. </em></p><p><strong><em>Metode:</em></strong><em> </em><em>Pada penelitian one-group pretest-posttest design ini, ibu (n=20) dari anak prasekolah usia 3-6.5 tahun direkrut dari KB/TK Al-Ghoniya, Malang. Variabel yang diteliti diukur sebelum dan setelah pelatihan pembuatan Bento. Kesulitan makan pada anak ditentukan dengan menggunakan </em><em>Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ)</em><em> versi Indonesia. Pengetahuan ibu diukur menggunakan pertanyaan pilihan ganda sebanyak 20 butir, dan keterampilan pembuatan bekal dinilai menurut 5 aspek, yaitu </em><em>k</em><em>esesuaian porsi</em><em>, v</em><em>ariasi menu</em><em>, </em><em>cita rasa</em><em>, dan penampilan. Uji wilcoxon dan uji t berpasangan digunakan untuk menilai perbedaan pengetahuan dan keterampilan ibu, serta tingkat kesulitan makan pada anak sebelum dengan sesudah pelatihan.</em></p><p><strong><em>Hasil:</em></strong><em> </em><em>Terdapat perbedaan pengetahuan dan keterampilan ibu, serta nilai kerewelan pada anak </em><em>(p &lt;0.05).</em><em> Tidak ditemukan perbedaan skor peka terhadap kenyang dan lambannya makan pada anak (p&gt;0.05).  Meskipun tidak ada perbedaan secara statistik, namun terdapat kecenderungan penurunan nilai peka terhadap kenyang dan lambannya makan sebelum dengan setelah pelatihan. </em></p><p><strong><em>Kesimpulan:</em></strong><em> </em><em>peningkatan penampilan pada makanan melalui bento dapat dijadikan alternatif untuk mengatasi kesulitan makan pada anak prasekolah.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong>KATA KUNCI:</strong><em> bento; kesulitan makan; anak prasekolah </em><em></em></p><p><span><strong><br /></strong></span></p><p><span><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></span></p><p><span><strong></strong><br /><span><strong><em>Background: </em></strong><span><em>Picky eating in children may have long-term consequences for growth and development, </em><span><em>especially related to underweight. Underweight results on developmental disorder, increase infection </em><span><em>susceptibility, disease severity and mortality. One of the causes of picky eating in children is the unattractive </em><span><em>of food appearance.</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><strong><em>Objectives: </em></strong><em>To analize the effectiveness of the bento making training, including: Mother’s knowledge </em><em>related to nutrition and feeding difficulty in children; mother’s skill in food preparation</em><em>; </em><em>and level of eating </em><em>difficulty in children before and after bento making.</em></p><p><em></em><strong><em>Methods: </em></strong><em>This study used pretest-posttest design one-group study, mothers (n= 20) of preschool-aged </em><em>3-6.5 years were recruited from Al-Ghoniya Playgroup and Kindergarten School, Malang. Picky eating in </em><em>children was determined by Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) Indonesian version. Studied </em><em>variables were mother’s knowledge and skills, children’s satiety responsiveness, slowness in eating, and </em><em>fussiness. Wilcoxon test and paired t-test were used to assess differences in mother’s knowledge and </em><em>skills, as well as the level of eating difficulty in children before and after the training.</em></p><p><em></em><strong><em>Results: </em></strong><em>There were differences in maternal knowlege and skills (p&lt;0.00), and also the score of fussiness </em><em>in children before and after training (p=0.04). No difference was found in satiety responsiveness (0.058) </em><em>and slowness in eating in children (p=0.10).</em></p><p><em></em><strong><em>Conclusions: </em></strong><em>Bento-making training is effective to increase mother’s knowledge and skill and could be </em><em>as alternative to overcome picky eating among preschool children, </em><em>indicated by a decrease in the score </em><em>of fussines. </em><em>However, this training couldn’t improve the score of satiety responsiveness and slowness in </em><em>eating</em><em>.</em></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em></em><br /><span><strong>KEYWORDS</strong><span>: <span><em>bento, picky eater, preschool children</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>