Oral Motor Disorders And Speech Disorders As Risk Factors For Difficulty Eating In Children Aged 6-60 Months

Difficulty eating or picky eating is not a diagnosis or disease but is a gejaia or a sign of deviations, illnesses, and diseases that are happening in the child's body. The definition of eating pleasure is if the child does not want or refuses to eat, or recognizes the habit of consuming food or drinks with the type and amount according to age physiologically, namely the ability to open the mouth without force, chewing, meneIan until it is absorbed in digestion properly without coercion and without giving certain vitamins and drugs. Many risk factors are considered significant in the incidence of eating success in children. Some of these are motor disorders and speech disorders. This study was conducted with an analytical observational design using 138 children aged 6-60 years as subjects by conducting interviews with the subject's parents. The interview was conducted based on the KPSP questionnaire to assess the development of children at their age and the questionnaire on risk factors for eating success in children. This study shows that motor disorders and speech disorders have a significant impact on the occurrence of eating disorders in children aged 6-60 buIan in Malang City.