Peer-reviewed article
The Effectiveness of Balanced Nutrition for Improving the Nutrition of Stunted Children
Ria Sari, Febi Ratnasari, Yuni Susilowati ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examined whether providing balanced nutrition helps stunted children recover and grow properly. Researchers worked with 45 children under five in Tangerang District, Indonesia, measuring their weight before and after receiving balanced nutrition. The study found that balanced nutrition had a significant positive effect on improving the nutritional status of stunted children. The results suggest that proper nutrition is an effective intervention for addressing stunting in young children.
Key points
- Stunting in children is caused by not consuming balanced nutritious food
- Balanced nutrition had a statistically significant effect on weight recovery (p = 0.008)
- Study population was 45 children under five in Tangerang District, Indonesia
- Anthropometric measurements were used to assess nutritional status
Limitations
The study used a single group before-and-after design without a comparison group, making it difficult to determine whether improvements were due to the intervention or other factors. The document provides limited detail on the specific nutrients provided, duration of intervention, or longer-term follow-up outcomes.
Abstract
One of the problems of growth and development in children is stunting, the cause of stunting is not consuming balanced nutritious food so that it greatly affects the process of growth and development of children under five.The specific objective to be achieved in this study is to analyze the effectiveness of providing balanced nutrition to stunted children.The research design used a quasiexperimental research design with one group pre and post-test design.The sample used is a random sampling of 45 children under five.Data collection tools with observation sheets and anthropometric tools.From the results of the Wilcoxon statistical test on the weight variable, the significant number or probability value (0.008) is much lower, the standard is significantly lower than 0.05 or (p < ), then H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted, which means that there is an effect of balanced nutrition on recovery.nutritional status of stunting children in the work area of the Tangerang District Health nutritional status of stunting children in the work area of the Tangerang District Health
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- Intervention
- Provision of balanced nutrition to stunted children
- Population
- 45 children under five in Tangerang District, Indonesia
Key finding
Statistically significant improvement in weight (p = 0.008, below the 0.05 significance threshold)