Abstract
The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.
Highlights
Complementary feeding practice, starting from when children are 6 months old, is one of the associated factors of stunted growth
Bivariate analysis found that stunting in children was related to unvaried food combinations (p=0.001, OR 6.845; 95% CI 2.199, 21.304), incomplete basic immunisations based on age (p=0.028, OR 2.951; 95% CI 1.211, 7.191) and low birth weight (p=0.032, OR 3.344; 95% CI 1.150, 9.720)
License who did not receive different food combinations were at a higher risk of experiencing stunting (p
Summary
Complementary feeding practice, starting from when children are 6 months old, is one of the associated factors of stunted growth. About 156 million children are affected by stunting[1]. Indonesia is ranked as the fifth highest country for stunted children[2]. Data show that prevalence has reached 30.8%, comprising 19.3% children with stunted growth and 11.5% children classed as severely stunted[3]. Stunted children are considered more prone to sickness, a suboptimal intelligence quotient (IQ) score, physical and mental developmental disorders and poor health status[4]. Stunting often starts in utero and its severity increases, reaching a plateau at about two years of age[5]. Parents and health professionals can optimise this period to prevent stunting through routine screening to detect children with a low height for their age[6]
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