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Background: Maternal nutritional needs during pregnancy increase due to physiological, metabolic and anatomical changes. If the intake is insufficient, there will be deficiencies in both macro and micro nutrients. Multimicronutrient deficiency will affect the growth and anemia status of pregnant women. Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of giving iodized salt and Multi Micronutrient Supplements to pregnant women on hemoglobin levels, body weight, iodine levels in urine and pregnancy outcomes. Method: This research is an analytical research using an experimental design that controls several nonexperimental variables and there is a control group as a comparison group to understand the effect of treatment. Determining the sample in this study used a random experimental method where 200 pregnant women were used as the research sample. The results showed that there was a significant change or increase in Hb levels (p=0.006; <0.000; <0.000), body weight (p=0.001; <0.000; <0.000), lila (<0.0015; <0.000; <0.000), Iodine levels (<0.000; <0.000; <0.000), between the group given iodized salt and MMS and the group given MMS. In this study, in the group of pregnant women who received iodized salt and MMS intervention, on average there was an increase or change in HB levels, iodine levels, mother's weight, baby's weight and abdominal length and circumference compared to those who received MMS. for pregnant women is to regularly maintain nutritional intake during pregnancy, especially consuming iodized salt and MMS which is beneficial for the health of pregnant women and the baby they are carrying. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Conceptional care is a concept that has been proposed to address maternal health problems and environmental risk factors during pregnancy to improve the health of both mother and fetus during pregnancy. This article provides an overview of several studies relating to preconception care that are useful for preparing for a healthy pregnancy and fetus. Methods: This narrative review uses several sources from the Elsevier database. Key search terms such as preconception, iron status, pregnancy and fetus were used in this review. Of the 50 studies identified, 20 were eligible for inclusion in this review. Results: Preconception care is getting an increased focus as an effective way to prevent complications during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum as well as preventing fetal abnormalities by estimating nutritional status in the preconception period. Preconception care is aimed at supporting the health of women before pregnancy, which is useful for improving the health of a pregnancy and preventing stunted fetal growth due to poor nutritional status in the mother. Low preconception iron status will have an impact on preconception gynecological morbidity, which will cause complications in pregnancy and cause low birth weight. Conclusion: Preconception care when given regularly will affect the health of a pregnancy and the baby when born. Preconception care teaches women of reproductive age to minimize potential health risks from an early age so that if they have a baby, the baby is born in better health. Considering that a healthy baby is very late if it is prepared during pregnancy but must be prepared from the preconception period, that is why preconception is so important. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The results of Indonesian nutritional status study at the regency level in 2021 showed that Polewali Mandar Regency had the highest prevalence of stunting in West Sulawesi Province at 36% with the highest percentage of stunted toddlers being reported by Katumbangan Health Center (42.6%). This study aims to determine the most dominant risk factors for stunting in children aged 0-23 months. This study was conducted in the working area of Katumbangan Health Center with a case-control study. The number of samples was 236 infants (0-23 months) with a ratio of cases and controls of 1:1. This study used secondary data sourced form e-PPGBM application, then analyzed by odd ratio test and logistic regression on Stata. The results showed that CED in pregnancy (OR=3.142 with 95% CI, 1.122-10.072), LBW history (OR=5.963 with 95% CI, 1.251-56.216) and exclusive breastfeeding (OR=2.099 with 95% CI, 0.984-4.613). The dominant risk factor for stunting in children aged 0-23 months, namely LBW history (OR=5.092 with 95% CI, 1.08-23.94). It is recommended for mothers to put more attention to the fulfillment of nutrition during in order to reduce the risk of LBW and also to assure that children nutritionl intake are adequate to their needs during the golden period of growth, especially infants with LBW. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Hypertension is an unfinished health problem until now. Hypertension is a disease that causes stroke and decreases the quality of life. One of the preventable causes of hypertension is obese. The purpose of this study is observing the relationship between nutritional status, in this case obesity, and the incidence of hypertension in young adults (18-40 years) in Tomohon City. By utilizing a cross sectional approach, this research was conducted in January-December 2019 on young adults aged 18-40 years who visited 7 community health centers in Tomohon. There were 4,040 samples who were willing to be involved in this study, who had never previously been diagnosed with hypertension by a doctor in any health facility. Based on the Pearson's chi-square test showed a p-value of age and the incidence of hypertension is 0.0001 < 0.05 with estimated risk of 2.206 (CI 95%: 1.917-2.593). P-value of gender and the incidence of hypertension is 0.0001 < 0.05 with estimated risk of 0.715 (CI 95%: 0.622-0.823). P-value of obesity and the incidence of hypertension is 0.0001 < 0.05 with estimated risk of 2.502 (CI 95%: 2.150-2.911). So, it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between obesity and the incidence of hypertension [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]