The Effect of Moringa Oleifera Leaf Biscuit on the Increase of Body Weight and Upper Arm Circumference for Chronic Energy Deficiency among Pregnant Women in Bontoramba District Jeneponto Regency Kasim Fitriani1,*, Sirajuddin Saifuddin1, Amiruddin Ridwan1 1Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km. 10, Tamalanrea Indah, Tamalanrea, Tamalanrea Indah, Tamalanrea, Kota, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, 90245, Indonesia *Corresponding author: Fitriani Kasim. E-mail: fikakumanis@gmail.com
Online published on 30 April, 2019. Abstract The study aim was an observation on effect of Moringa Oleiferaleaf biscuit on increment of body weight, upper arm circumference and nutrition intake on chronic energy deficiency pregnant women in Bontoramba District of Jeneponto Regency. The study was a quasi-experiment pre and post test one group design. The samples were selected using purposive sampling method and involved 34 people for this study. The treatment group was provided Moringa Oleiferaleaf biscuit and biscuit from Health Department. The body weight and upper arm circumference were measured before and after the intervention. The data was analysed by using the Wilcoxon test for the upper arm circumference, T-paired test for body weight and nutrient intake used Friedman test with a confident level 95% (p=0.05). The result showed average change of body weight in pregnant women was 7.67% and upper arm circumference was 1.59 cm. The average change in protein intake was 49.57± 19.77 before intervention, 70.26± 40.63 after 1 month intervention, and 53.56± 20.66 after the intervention (2 months). These variables indicated statistically significant result; p=0.000 for the changes in body weight and upper arm circumference and protein intake with value p=0.037. Thus, MoringaOleiferaleaf biscuit had increased body weight, upper arm circumference and protein intake in chronic energy deficiency pregnant women in Bontoramba district. Top Keywords Body weight, Chronic energy deficiency, MoringaOleiferaleaf biscuit, Protein intake, Upper arm circumference. Top |