Stunting is one of the problems in the growth process because it is related to the problem of death, death, and brain development that is not optimal. Factors directly related to stunting are food intake and health status. Failure to thrive that occurs due to malnutrition at this time will have a bad impact on future life that is difficult to repair. The formulation of the problem is how the relationship between feeding patterns and the incidence of stunting in toddlers in Panji Sibura Village, Sidikalang District 2021. This type of research is analytical observational with a cross sectional design. The research is located in Panji Sibura Village, Sidikalang District. The research population is all mothers who have children under five with a total of 128. The sample size is 56 toddlers. Data analysis used univariate and bivariate with Chi Square test. The study found that there was a significant relationship between feeding patterns and the incidence of stunting. It is recommended for health workers to increase the stunting program that has been implemented.
Study this conducted for describe about incident stunting in toddlers aged 0-6 years in Medan Belawan District , Medan City , North Sumatra Province . Problem child short ( stunting ) is one problem nutrition faced in the world, especially in poor and developing countries . Based on results and discussion research , then could concluded that many experienced child stunting in Medan Belawan sub -district, Medan City , North Sumatra Province because a number of factor that is lack of deep parental knowledge Thing this is mothers and cadres Integrated Healthcare Center about issue stunting that alone . Society especially moms reluctant for attend counseling about issue stunting with reason busy . So that they no understand about MP-ASI because a number of mother already introduce child with MP-ASI even at a very old age early . Besides because lack of knowledge , height number stunting is also caused by conditions economy society that can said low so that not enough capable for Fulfill all needs nutrition child and mother .
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