Abstract:
Breastfeeding for babies is an absolute right. Unexclusively breastfeed babies are easier to get chronic disease like cancers, heart disease, hypertension, and diabetic when they are adult. Probability risk to get malnutrition and obesity is higher. Because of that, this research is aimed to know the 7 to 12 months babies nutrition state difference between exclusively and unexclusively breastfeed in Perning Village Jetis Sub District Mojokerto District. Research method used is correlation analytic with cross sectional approach. The population of this research are all the 7 to 12 months babies in Perning Village Jetis Sub District Mojokerto District as many as 36 babies. Using purposive sampling technique has gotten 30 samples that fulfilled inclusion and exclusion criterias. The result of this research shows that all of 7 to 12 months babies nutrition state exclusively breastfeed are normal as many as 7 babies (100%) from 7 exclusively breastfeed, and most of 7 to 12 months unexclusively breastfeed are normal as many as 12 babies (52,2%) from 23 unexclusively breastfeed babies. Analyzed technique used is Mann Whitney Test, it’s gotten α =0,787, it means α > 0,05 thus H0 accepted, it means that there is no 7 to 12 months’ babies nutrition state difference between exclusively and unexclusively breastfeed in Perning Village Jetis Sub District Mojokerto District. Even though mother didn’t give exclusively breastfeeding to their babies, but they tried to fulfill their babies needs like giving formula milk, additional food, bananas mixed.
