Study protocol: Relationship between parenting patterns and diet with nutritional status of toddlers during covid-19 pandemic

COVID-19 impacts the economy, which reduces food shortages and results in increased nutritional problems for children under five is essential. The nutritional problems of children under five are influenced by many factors, including parenting and eating patterns of children under five, which causes the prevalence of overnutrition and undernutrition to increase globally and nationally. This study aims to determine the relationship between parenting and eating patterns with the nutritional status of toddlers using the Mixed Methods research method. The research subjects used were mothers and toddlers. For quantitative analysis, as many as 86 and for qualitative analysis as many as 6 with the criteria of junior high school education and low economic level and domiciled in Yogyakarta. © International Journal of Health Sciences 2021.