Abstract
Mother's knowledge about nutrition during pregnancy plays a major role in the case of stunting in infants. Intervention against pregnant women who experience malnutrition is very important to prevent stunting in infants who are born. This study aims to identify interventions that are most widely applied and effective way to reduce the number of low birth weight infants are potentially stunting. The literature is searched on the database PubMed and Cochrane Library with specific keywords. Article found in a review by PRISMA systematic review, finally found 10 journal articles to be analyzed. Search results show the intervention of multiple micronutrients is a type of intervention that are most widely used and effective in improving birth weight babies compared to iron-folate supplements the granting and administering of lipid nutrition. However, training health workers about the intervention of multiple micronutrients when the ANC was still inadequate and the costs of multiple micronutrients are more expensive than supplements folic acid. This has become the application of multiple micronutrients interventions for secondary society down. Multiple micronutrients was the method of intervention is most effective and need to be promoted as a primary intervention for pregnant women especially who experience malnutrition. Keywords: Stunting, intervention, expectant mothers, developing countries
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