Peer-reviewed article
FAMILY DIET AND STUNTING RISK
Helina Himmatul Ulya Lina ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This qualitative study examines how parents' food choices and family diet practices affect stunting risk in young children at a kindergarten in Blora, Indonesia. The research explores the role of parents in selecting and preparing daily meals that meet children's nutritional needs and identifies factors that influence family dietary patterns. The study aims to provide insights for developing nutrition education programs to help prevent stunting in early childhood.
Key points
- Study focuses on family diet as a factor in stunting risk among young children
- Parents play a key role in choosing and compiling daily food menus for children's nutrition
- Research uses qualitative case study method with interviews, observation, and documentation
- Findings intended to inform development of nutrition education programs for parents
- Data validity maintained through source and method triangulation
Limitations
This is a qualitative case study of one kindergarten, so findings may not be generalizable to other settings or populations. The document does not report actual results or quantify the relationship between family diet patterns and stunting outcomes.
Abstract
This study aims to investigate family diet and stunting risk, the role of parents in creating children's nutritional health, referring to the global context showing that stunting is still a serious child health problem, with significant long-term impacts. The main focus of this study includes understanding the family diet applied by parents in fulfilling children's nutrition, exploring the role of parents in choosing and compiling daily food menus that support children's nutritional needs, and identifying factors that affect family diets in Ceria Blora Kindergarten. This study uses a qualitative approach with a case study method. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews with parents and teachers, direct observation, and documentation analysis. Data analysis techniques include data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawn. The validity of the data is maintained by using source and method triangulation techniques. This research is expected to provide a better understanding of the family diet applied by parents in fulfilling children's nutrition, the role of parents in choosing and compiling daily food menus that support children's nutritional needs, factors that affect family diets in Ceria Blora Kindergarten. This research is expected to be a reference in developing nutrition education programs for parents to prevent the risk of stunting among early childhood