576 https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/index Scientifc Foundation SPIROSKI, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2022 Jan 26; 10(E):576-580. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.8013 eISSN: 1857-9655 Category: E - Public Health Section: Public Health Education and Training Early Childhood Nutrition Education Service Model for the Community in the Pandemic Era Luluk Elyana 1 * , Yuli Utanto 2 , Yoris Adi Maretta 2 1 Department of Early Childhood Education, Universitas Ivet, Semarang, Indonesia; 2 Department of Education Technology, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia Abstract BACKGROUND: This study aims to fnd a model of early childhood nutrition education services for the community during the pandemic era. AIM: In detail, the purpose of this study is to describe increasing public knowledge about the importance of nutrition for early childhood and to describe increasing public positive attitudes about the importance of nutrition for early childhood during the pandemic era. METHODS: The model of early childhood nutrition education services for the community in the pandemic era has proven to be efective and signifcant in public knowledge about the importance of nutrition in early childhood education (PAUD) programs. RESULTS: It is also proven by the results of measuring cognitive values and afective values before and after the Early Childhood Nutrition Education Service for Communities during the pandemic era has proven to be increasing. CONCLUSION: The AUD nutrition education service model for the community in the pandemic era has a signifcant efectiveness on the knowledge of parents and the community about AUD nutrition and on the positive attitudes of parents and the community in the PAUD program. Edited by: Sasho Stoleski Citation: Elyana L, Utanto Y, Maretta YA. Early Childhood Nutrition Education Service Model for the Community in the Pandemic Era. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2022 Jan 26; 10(E):576-580. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.8013 Keywords: Model; Service; Nutrition; Society; Pandemic; Early Childhood *Correspondence: Luluk Elyana, Universitas Ivet, Semarang, Indonesia. E-mail: lulukelyana76@gmail.com Received: 18-Nov-2021 Revised: 28-Dec-2021 Accepted: 16-Jan-2022 Copyright: © 2022 Luluk Elyana, Yuli Utanto, Yoris Adi Maretta Funding: This research did not receive any fnancial support Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist Open Access: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) Introduction Early Childhood is experiencing a period of rapid growth and development, children’s health and nutrition greatly afect the process of growth and development. Therefore, health care and nutrition are indispensable for optimizing child development. Presidential Regulation No. 60 of 2013 concerning Integrative Holistic Early Childhood Development (PAUD-HI) [1] has mandated the importance of fulflling the essential needs of early childhood as a whole which includes aspects of health, nutrition and care, and education and care, as well as protection of welfare so that children can grow and develop independently optimal. Related to the importance of PAUD, community participation in early childhood education is very important (Soedjiono, 2013) [2]. The government and the community need to fnd the best solution, especially for the problems that cause PAUD in the most of our society to have not received serious attention, especially in fulflling balanced nutrition for immune stability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health is very important as a support for maximum child development (Wiyono, 2017) [3]. According to Law No. 36 of 2009, a person’s level of health is infuenced by good nutritional status. Children who have good nutritional status are not susceptible to diseases, including coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Therefore, by knowing the nutritional status, eforts can be made to improve the level of public health from an early age. The role of schools through good governance or good school governance in supporting educational services can be fulflled (Elyana, 2018) [4]. Balanced nutrition is nutrition and nutrients that are adapted to the needs of the body, not excessive and not lacking (Anhusadar, 2021) [5]. A balanced nutritional diet is consuming foods that contain nutrients and nutrients tailored to the body’s needs while still paying attention to various principles such as diversity of food types, body activities, ideal body weight, and age factors (Development Team, 2017) [6]. Fulfllment of nutrition in the frst 1000 days of a child’s life helps the growth of brain cells (Wulandari, 2021) [7]. Important nutrients needed by early childhood are protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, B1, B6, folic acid, iodine, iron, zinc, AA, DHA, sphingomyelin, sialic acid, and amino acids such as tyrosine and tryptophan. Facts on the ground state that most people, especially parents, do not really understand the importance of balanced nutrition in early childhood.