PENYULUHAN TENTANG PEMBUATAN KERIPIK JAGUNG SEBAGAI INOVASI CEMILAN SEHAT UNTUK GIZI IBU HAMIL DAN BALITA DI DESA TANGKIT KEC. SUNGAI GELAM KAB. MUARO JAMBI

Abstract

In Indonesia, corn is spread in various regions from North Sumatra, South Sumatra, Lampung, Central Java, East Java, Nusa Tenggara, North Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, to Maluku. Over the last five years, national corn production has increased. However, the need for corn, especially as raw material for livestock, also continues to increase so that Indonesia is still importing corn (Mangunwidjaja, 2003).

Keywords: Balanced Nutrition Counseling, Corn

 

regarding this implementation and becomes one of the strategies to encourage children to change their lifestyle to be healthy and provide provisions for when they grow up. Regarding the goal of continuing the nation's struggle and ideals, the younger generation, such as children, have an important role to play in building and advancing this nation. Therefore, it is necessary to increase human resources, such as understanding balanced nutrition, so as to minimize susceptibility to disease (Asiyah 2021). Increasing human resources requires a strategy to optimize good nutritional status and healthy food consumption (Utari, Rohmani, and Prabasiwi 2022). This is important to do because a person cannot develop his or her capacity to the maximum if the person concerned does not have good nutritional and health status (Thamaria 2017).

            The implementation of balanced nutrition requires assistance