TY - JOUR AU - Nindya, Triska Susila AU - Muniroh, Lailatul PY - 2017 TI - UNDERWEIGHT AND MORBIDITY STATUS AMONG UNDER FIVE YEARS CHILDREN IN SURABAYA JF - UNEJ e-Proceeding; Proceeding of 1st International Conference on Medicine and Health Sciences (ICMHS) KW - N2 - Under five years old children is one of the group that vulnerable to under nutrition, moreover this age group also susceptible to infectious disease due to their immunity and their activity related to exposure of infectious disease. To achieve optimal growth, a children must obtain adequate dietary intake, optimal care practice that include appropriate feeding practices and less frequent of infectious disease (Black et al, 2008). Inadequate food intake to Undernutrition among under five children become important issue since it can affect short term and also long term that go beyond child hood (Neufeld and Osendarp, 2014). Indonesia Basic Health Survey revealed there was fluctuation of underweight prevalence from 18.4% in 2007, decreased to 17.9% in 2010 and increased to 19.6% in 2013 (Indonesia Basic Health Survey, 2013). There is a strong evidence that undernutrition that occurred during the first two years of life contribute to the increasing risk of non communicable disease in the later life (Victora et al, 2008). Communicable disease is one of the factors that contribute to nutritional status, particularly underweight in children since underweight is the indicator that reflect an acute disturbance of nutritional status. Communicable diseases that often occur in children are diarrhea and upper respiratory infecti on. In developing countries, diarrhea contributes to the childhood morbidity and mortality, as it estimated that 1.5 million child die to diarrhea per year (Roy et al, 2011). There is a bidirectional relationship of diarrhea and malnutrition in children with the mechanism of diarrhea episodes lead to anorexia, absorptive function impairment, the damage of mucosal and the increase need of nutrients (Brown, 2003). Malnutrition also increase the incidence and severity of acute respiratory infection through mechanism of immunity impairment, particularly in cellular immunity (Bhutta et al, 1998). This study aimed to analyze the association of underweight and morbidity of diarrhea and acute respiratory infection in under five years old children. UR - https://jurnal.unej.ac.id/index.php/prosiding/article/view/3940