Peer-reviewed article
Nutrition Counseling and Stunting Prevention in Toddlers: A Systematic Literature Review
Asep Solikin, Muhammad Andi Setiawan, Andi Riswandi Buana Putra ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This systematic review examined 162 articles to understand how nutrition counseling can help prevent stunting in toddlers, with 16 studies meeting inclusion criteria. The review found that nutrition counseling can improve parental knowledge about feeding practices and support child growth, though results vary across different studies. However, counseling alone does not directly reduce stunting prevalence according to some research. The authors conclude that a comprehensive approach including family involvement and better healthcare access is needed to address stunting effectively.
Key points
- Nutrition counseling can improve nutritional knowledge and child growth outcomes
- Effectiveness of counseling varies across different studies and contexts
- Counseling raises parental awareness about healthy feeding practices
- Counseling alone does not directly reduce stunting prevalence
- A comprehensive approach including family involvement and healthcare access is needed
Limitations
This is a systematic review of existing literature and does not present original data from a specific intervention study. It cannot determine causal effects or provide definitive evidence about optimal counseling approaches, as effectiveness varies across the reviewed studies.
Abstract
Stunting in children is a serious global nutrition issue that long-term impacts health and development. This study aims to analyze the role of nutrition counseling in preventing stunting through a systematic review of 162 articles from databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, and Scopus, with 16 articles meeting the criteria for further analysis using NVivo and Biblioshiny. The results show that nutrition counseling can improve nutritional knowledge and child growth, although its effectiveness varies across studies. Some research, such as Nadimin et al. (2021) and Christian et al. (2020), indicates that while counseling does not directly reduce the prevalence of stunting, it does raise parental awareness about healthy feeding practices. In conclusion, a comprehensive approach is needed, including family involvement and improved access to healthcare services. Further research is recommended to broaden the scope and explore the long-term impact of these interventions. Keywords: counseling, nutrition, stunting, toddlers, systematic literature review
Findings the Hub has extracted
Each claim below is labelled by its type of design and links back to this report.
- Intervention
- Nutrition counseling
- Population
- Toddlers and their parents/caregivers
Key finding
Nutrition counseling improves nutritional knowledge in parents
Solikin et al. · OpenAlex · 8 Feb 2025