The Effect of E-Commerce on Early Childhood’s Eating Patterns

Abstract

Poor eating habits in children will affect the nutritional status of children. Food consumption given by parents to children must pay attention to the nutritional elements needed by the child’s body. In meeting daily food needs, currently many parents rely on E-Commerce food ordering service providers. With the existence of E-Commerce food ordering services, parents do not need to bother cooking to meet their daily food needs. The formulation of the problem in this study is whether E-Commerce has an influence on the eating patterns of group A children at KB TK Islam Sultan Agung 02, Tembalang District, Semarang City. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of E-Commerce on the eating patterns of group A children at KB TK Islam Sultan Agung 02, Tembalang District, Semarang City. This type of research is quantitative research. Data collection techniques used in this study are through observation and questionnaires. The results of the study showed that based on the output table “Paired Sample T-test” where the significance value is 0.000 <0.05, it is concluded that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted, which means that there is an influence of E-Commerce on children’s eating patterns. It can be concluded that E-Commerce has been proven to influence the eating patterns of group A children at KB TK Islam Sultan Agung 02 Semarang