Parenting Style and Diet of Preschool Children Association in CotTarom Baroh Village, Jeumpa District, Bireuen Aceh Regency, Indonesia

Abstract

In today's era, children tend to enjoy exploring new things. This developmental trait can affect the diet of preschool children. The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2017 reported the problem of nutritional status in the world for the prevalence of wasting (thin) 52 million toddlers, stunting (short) 115 million toddlers, and overweighting 4 million toddlers (Riskesda, 2018).  The nationwide prevalence of children's diets based on age-adjusted body mass index (BMI/U) is as follows: underweight 2.4%, thin 6.8%, normal 70.8%, overweight 10.8%, and obese 9.2%.  This research is a correlation analysis study.  A correlational analysis study seeks to elucidate the link between two variables (Dharma, 2017).  This research employs a correlational analysis using a cross-sectional methodology—the quantity of N53 individuals using the comprehensive sampling method.  Questionnaires gathered data, and the research findings were shown as frequency distributions and analyzed using the Chi-Square test.  The research findings indicated that effective parenting was seen in 62.3% of participants, corresponding to 33 individuals, while a nutritious diet was reported in 64.2% of cases.  According to the statistical test findings, the probability value was less than the value of sig_ a=0.05, with a value of p-0.000 < sig_ a=0.05.  The findings indicated a correlation between parenting and the dietary habits of preschool-aged children in Cot Tarom Baroh Village, Jeumpa District, Bireuen Regency, in 2025.