THE OCCURRENCE OF CHRONIC ENERGY DEFICIENCY DURING PREGNANCY IN KANDAI KENDARI CITY

Abstract

Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) during pregnancy is one of the important factors that affect the imperfection of fetal growth in the womb and the emergence of health problems in pregnant women. This study aimed to determine the eating habits of pregnant women against the occurrence of Chronic Energy Deficiency in the Work Area of Kandai Health Center. The study method used was qualitative study with a phenomenological approach. Informants in this study were 3 pregnant women who suffered CED as key informants and 2 health workers as ordinary informants. Based on the results of the study, the portion of food for pregnant women who became informants still had a poor portion of food, both main food and snack food. For food that becomes a taboo during the pregnancy process is Moringa, cabbage kale, pineapple, durian, ice water, and some foods that make mothers allergic in the form of sea food. In the selection of food there is no variety in the choice of foodstuffs and the imbalance of food consumed by informants during pregnancy due to a lack of knowledge about balanced food, types of food and ingredients of food that good during pregnancy and also due to socio-economic factors. The conclusions in this study were the portion of food of pregnant women was still lacking, how to choose foods that are less diverse, and the imbalance of food consumed. And all of that were the caused in the occurrence of Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) in pregnant women, while in beliefs and taboos food is not a significant cause for the occurrence of Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) in pregnant women