Peer-reviewed article
Factors Contributing to Catch-Up Growth of Child with Stunting: A Literature Review
Ayuni Rizka Utami, Nani Nurhaeni ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This literature review examined factors that help stunted children recover and achieve catch-up growth in Indonesia. The review analysed 9 peer-reviewed articles published between 2016 and 2020 that studied stunted children. The analysis identified six major factors contributing to catch-up growth: maternal education and height, household economic status, socio-cultural factors, nutritional supplements, and community-based interventions. Understanding these factors can guide programme design to support recovery from stunting.
Key points
- Maternal education and height are significant factors contributing to catch-up growth in stunted children
- Economic status of the household influences catch-up growth outcomes
- Socio-cultural factors play a role in stunting recovery
- Nutritional supplements contribute to catch-up growth
- Community-based interventions support catch-up growth in stunted children
Limitations
This is a literature review that synthesises findings from nine studies, so it does not present primary data on the effectiveness of specific interventions. The review does not evaluate the quality of the included studies or provide detailed outcome metrics for each factor.
Abstract
Stunting is the main problems for children in Indonesia, children who are already stunted can catch-up growth to minimize the impact of stunting. This literature study aims to identified the factors contribute to catch-up growth in children with stunting. Literature search several online databases with the keyword Factors AND Stunting Catch-up Growth AND Child *. The selected articles were articles published in 2016-2020 in English and used a sample of children with stunting. The results of the literature study found 555 articles and 9 articles that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Several major factors that contribute to the catch-up growth of children with stunting are the level of education and height of the mother, economic status, socio-culture, nutritional supplements and community based intervention. Contributing factors can be used as considerations in providing interventions to support catch-up growth in children with stunting so as to reduce the impact of stunting.