| Summary: | Background: In infants� development, there are many things affecting,
including food intake. Infants aged > 6 months is included a period in which
they have received complementary feeding (MP-ASI). One of the
complementary feeding is finger food, food held by the infants themselves,
which serves as the complementary to the intake and stimulation.
Objective: To determine the relationship between energy intake, finger food
and the development of infants aged 7-12 months in Srandakan District,
Bantul.
Methods: A cross-sectional study design, conducted in January-March 2014
in Srandakan District, Bantul. The sampling was done by systematic sampling
and quota sampling. The sample size was minimally 55 infants with inclusion
criteria of the age 7-12 months and mothers reside in Srandakan District and
the exclusion criteria of the premature infants, low birth weight infants, and
congenital abnormalities were found. The data were analyzed by Spearman.
Results: The poor energy intake is found in 30 infants (49.2%), the frequency
of finger food feeding is mostly included in a very frequent category, i.e. in 43
infants (70.5%), and normal motor development in 50 infants (83.6%). There
is a significant relationship (p = 0.013), but inadequate (-0.315) between the
energy intake and the development. There is a significant correlation (p=
0.001), but inadequate (-0.412) in the finger food feeding towards the
development.
Conclusion: There is a relationship between the energy intake, finger food
and motor development in infants aged 7-12 months in Srandakan, Bantul.
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