1Lecturers in Ministry of Health Polytechnic, Semarang, Indonesia
2Lecturer in Unimus, Semarang, Indonesia
*Corresponding Author: Sunarto, Ministry of Health Polytechnic, Semarang, Indonesia, Email: sunarto@gmail.com
Online published on 23 December, 2019.
One of the severe threats to efforts to improve health, especially on the quality of future generations is stunting. This study aimed to determine the risk factors for lack of protein intake and the provision of breast milk complementary food for the incidence of stunting in children aged 12–24 months.
This study uses the design of case-control. The study sample was toddlers aged 12–24 months Semarang with 60 cases and 60 controls. Data collected includes sample and respondent identity, protein intake, and complementary feeding of breast milk. The test used is Mc Nemar with α = 0.05.
The test results showed as many as 15.9% of toddlers suffered from stunting. Lack of risky protein intake is significant for the incidence of stunting of children aged 12–24 months.
Toddlers who have sufficient protein intake probably has less five times the risk of suffering from stunting.
Protein intake, Nutrition, Complimentary Breast Milk, Stunting
