Factors related incidence of stunting in children aged 0-60 months in Bulo, Wori District, North Minahasa

Abstract

Stunting is a picture of prolonged malnutrition during the most critical period of growth
and development in early life. This can be interpreted as toddlers aged 0-59 months who
have a height according to age below minus 2 standard deviations and minus 3 standard
deviations from the median growth standard of toddlers. This study was to determine the
factors associated with the incidence of stunting in children aged 0-60 months in Bulo
Village, Wori District. This study used an observational analytic method with a cross
sectional design. The sampling technique used was simple rundom sampling. The number
of samples in this study were 26 samples which included: 13 case groups and 13 control
groups. The data were processed and analyzed using the chi-square p<0.05 test in the SPSS
program. The results showed that there was no significant relationship between maternal
height, p-value 0.420 (CI 0.387-9.601), maternal education, p-value 0.431 (CI 0.937-
2.185), exclusive breastfeeding, p-value 0.018 (CI 0.762-1.268), type sex p-value 0.695
(CI 1.850-1.234). The incidence of stunting in toddlers 0-60 months did not have a
significant relationship with maternal height, mother's education, breastfeeding, birth
weight, and gender.