The effectiveness of modified dried skimmed milk (MODISCO) to the body weight of under nutrition and malnutrition children

Abstract

The prevalence of undernutrition and malnutrition in Demak 2017 ranked the top 10 nutrients of children in Central Java, namely 2.6% for under nutrition and 1.8% for malnutrition (Demak Health Office, 2017). One of the innovation to fulfill the needs is by giving milk and butter that belongs to MODISCO (Modified Skim Diet and Cotton Sheet Oil). Modisco is a highly nutritious formula, rich in calories and protein consisting of skim milk, sugar and oil or margarine. Modisco has been tested and fulfills special dietary requirements for children in Indonesia so that it can be used to improve nutritional status or gain weight quickly. This research is Quasi Experimental Design with 22 children as sample (11 intervention groups and 11 control groups). The research is done for 15 days. The analysis is by using bivariate analysis with t test. The result of this research is there is a significant increasing in body weight for under nutrition children after modisco applied in Demak with p value 0.014.