Abstract
Introduction: Stunting is a problem of chronic malnutrition caused by insufficient nutrition in a long time due to feeding that is not in accordance with nutritional needs. One of the problems in feeding infants is the cessation of breastfeeding breastmilk and insufficient complementary feeding. The purpose study literature review is to identify thecomplementary feeding with the incidence of stunting in children. Method: The authors conducted a relevant literature review in various data using the keywords “complementary feeding, stunting, child”. Data based on SCOPUS, Science Direct, Proquest, Pubmed and Scholar.The criteria consisted of full text published in criteria were five years limit journal (2013-2018) use article using English. Result:The Results as much as 2.090 articles found, and selected 15 article that suitable with criteria. On the process of the analysis of the articles showed that timely complementary foods, frequency of food and drinks, diversity of foods and drinks associated with the incidence of stunting. in the study of the dietary patterns of all children using the 24-hour recall food questionnaire. Interventions focusing on optimal nutrition during the complementary feeding stage, exclusive breastfeeding, and the use of deworming tablets. Good complementary feeding potential to improve children's nutritional status and can prevent stunting in children after 0-59 month. Conclusion: stunting is influenced by the accuracy of complementary feeding, exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, frequency of eating and drinking, diversity of iron and vitamin A-rich foods and regular administration of worm medicine.
Highlights
Stunting is defined as a height that is more than two standard deviations below theWorld Health Organization (WHO) child growth standard median(World Health Organization, 2013)
Bad effects caused by stunting children, in the short term are disruption of brain development, intelligence, impaired physical growth, and body metabolic disorders, and long-term decline in cognitive abilities and learning achievement, decreased immunity so sick, and high risk for the emergence of disease diabetes, obesity, disability at the end of old age (Keino et al, 2014)
Data Sources and Searches Databased searched from Scopus, Science Direct, Proquest, Pubmed and Scholarprovide studies related to complementary feeding genesis stunting from from 2013 to 2019
Summary
Stunting is defined as a height that is more than two standard deviations below the. World Health Organization (WHO) child growth standard median(World Health Organization, 2013). Family size and lag interval, lack of sanitation, recurrent infections, not being given breast milk, low food intake, and poor feeding practices are considered the main determinants of stunting (Semali, Mmbaga and Leyna., 2015). The age of children 6-23 months is a period of growth which is a period of high risk in growth in children because the fulfillment of nutrition cannot be fulfilled through giving breast milk alone, but children are not ready to consume family food. Knowledge of parents or caregivers about the practice of providing complementary breast milk right (for example, offering a variety of nutritious solid foods, safe and developmental food preparation, frequency of appropriate feeding, continuous breastfeeding) is an effective strategy in increase children's intake (Dewey, 2016). The selection of articles is determined by the following inclusion criteria were full text published, articles published between to 2013-2019, articles published in English, age limit for children 0-59 months, articles focusing on Complementary Feeding and stunting
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