dc.description.abstract | The nutritional status of toddlers is an important thing that every parent must know and the need for more
attention to growth and development at the age of toddlers is based on the fact that malnutrition that
occurs in toddlers is irreversible (cannot be recovered) Marimba, 2010. According to Andi Nurlinda, 2012
Nutritional status is one indicator in determining the health status of children. Good nutritional status can
help the growth and development of children to reach optimal maturity. Touch and massage therapy for
babies has many benefits for the baby's physiological changes, especially if the baby's mother does it
herself. Mother is the closest parent to the baby, and the massage of the mother to her baby is a gentle
stroke of binding the fabric of affection. The mother's skin is the skin that the baby recognizes first (Aminati,
2013). Massage is one of the complementary therapies that many parents choose. According to Roesli
(2013), touch therapy (massage) can have a positive physical effect, including weight gain. Tui Na massage
is a more specific massage technique to overcome eating difficulties in toddlers by improving blood
circulation in the spleen and digestion (Sukanta, 2010). This research is a literature review design. The data
used is secondary data obtained from the results of research that has been carried out by previous
researchers whose research journals have been published that are relevant to the topic, starting from 2015
to 2021 which are accessed in full text. Yuni's research results, 2019 that there is an effect of tui na massage
on weight gain. The results of the study by Titik, 2017 that Tui Na Massage is effective in increasing the
weight of toddlers. The results of Happy's research, 2019 that there is an effect of massage on increasing
the appetite of toddlers aged 1 year. There is an effect of massage on the increase in appetite for toddlers
aged 1 year. Based on the results of the research above, the child's appetite and weight after being given
tui na massage treatment, the average growth of weight gain increased and appetite increased above the
average baby who did not get massage treatment. | en_US |