Relationship of Exclusive Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding and Nutritional Intake with Stunting in Children in Karanglewas Health Center
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- 10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.017How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- stunting, exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding, nutritional intake, food frequency questionnaire
- Abstract
Stunting is a long-term lack of proteinenergy characterized by a lack of height according to age. The prevalence of stunting in Indonesia is ranked fourth in Asia, with a prevalence of 36.4%. This study was aimed to analyze the relationship of exclusive breastfeeding, complementary food for breast milk (complementary feeding), nutritional intake with stunting in children under five in Karanglewas Health Center. The design of this study was a correlation study with a cross-sectional approach. The study population was all toddlers in Karanglewas Health Center totaled 658 respondents. A sample of 87 respondents was taken by a cluster sampling technique. The instrument used was in the form of an exclusive ASI questionnaire, solids, and food frequency questionnaire. Most respondents experienced the stunting of 44 children (50.6%). There was a relationship of exclusive breastfeeding with stunting (p-value 0.004); the relationship between MPASI and stunting (p-value 0.039); and there was a relationship between nutritional intake and stunting (p-value 0.001). In conclusion, Factors that influence the incidence of stunting are exclusive breastfeeding, provision of complementary feeding and nutritional intake.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Noor Yunida Triana AU - Siti Haniyah PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/10 TI - Relationship of Exclusive Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding and Nutritional Intake with Stunting in Children in Karanglewas Health Center BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Community Health (ICCH 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 74 EP - 78 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.017 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.017 ID - Triana2020 ER -