900 Section - Association Malnutrion and Development Delayed in Children Aged <5 Years Old in Tanah Baru District, Depok City, West Java, Indonesia

Objectives : Childhood development and growth are influenced by genetic, nutritional, and environmental factors. Nutritional problem is still remain a public health issue in Indonesia. This imply children in Indonesia have higher risk on the growth and development delayed. This study investigates the effect of malnutrition on children < 5 years old development in Tanah Baru, Depok City, West Java, Indonesia

Design: < 5 years old children was included in this cross-sectional study. Anthropometric data was collected and was analyzed as weight-for-age. The Denver Developmental Screening Test II (DDST-II) was used to measure personal-social, fine motor, languange, and gross motor function. Statistical analyses were performed to describe development was affected by malnutrition.

Results: We included 39 children consisting of 26 (66%) malnutrition and 13 (33%) normal children. Among malnutrition children are found 34,6% with fine motor function delayed, 30.8% with personal-social delayed, 36.9% with gross motor delayed, and 19.2% with languange delayed. The most common malnutrition children was found in fine motor delayed (75%)

Conclusion: Malnutrition impact to the development delayed of children < 5 years old in Tanah Baru District, Depok City, West Java, Indonesia particularly on fine motor function.