Nutrition Student Works on Village

To hone students' soft skills and sensitivity to health issues, Association of Student Programs (HMJ) Nutritional Health Polytechnic Malang Kemenkes Nutrition held activities Down Campus (GTK). Activities conducted in the Village District Ngabab Pujon, Malang 1 to 3 April 2011.

In the midst of cloudy weather and light rain covered most of the day, a total of more than 200 students of the Department of Nutrition held off-campus social action. Events GTK XVI berthema "Creating Health Through Nutrition Masyarakata Balanced" is a routine agenda majors. The event is filled with the assessment of nutritional status, thyroid palpation, extension of healthy food, iodized salt, hand-washing demonstrations and brush your teeth in children SD / MI. The event is also distributed posters general guidelines for balanced nutrition in the form of a new version of the Food Pyramid and iodized salt. Posters were put up by students while iodized salt is obtained from the sponsors. Some posters directly in pairs in the classroom, and partly delivered to the school. Schools that were targeted activity is SDN Tawangsari II and II, SDN Ngabab I and II, and the Government Elementary School SDN I Madiredo Ngabab.

Because Pujon a cow milk-producing areas of potential, to the general public through home moms, students demonstrate the manufacture of a variety of cow's milk-based food products, such as fruit-flavored yogurt. Dissemination of appropriate technology that was driven by the Scientific Group HMJ Nutrition aims for society to seek alternative ways of consuming cow's milk. Consumption of dairy cows continuously without any variations in shape can lead to boredom, in addition to new product variations to increase the nutritional value.

The group of students leaving with escorted by the Chairman of the Department of Nutrition IDN Supariasa, MPS. To support these events come with entourage, among others Kaprodi DIII I Nengah Tanu Komalyna, M. Kes., And Student Affairs Dwie Soelistyorini Kaur, M. Kes. To accelerate the activities of the Department of Nutrition GTK also fielded four lecturers directly down to the field at the time activities take place.

Results of a measurement of nutritional status and goiter prevalence determination will be reported to the school to serve as health data in addition to other existing data. "We hope BB and TB measurement data submitted to the parties our students. Nutritional counseling, and if you can use special yells nutrition so that the message is memorable student, "according to Principal SDN Tawangsari hope I Mother Ummah. Communities also welcome the arrival of the group, "We are pleased with the existing field activities in our village, hopefully the result member benefits not only for the students, but also for the residents here" said village chief Ngabab. (YK)