Peer-reviewed article
Picky eating and stunting in children aged 2 to 5 years in central Lampung, Indonesia
Yesi Nurmalasari, Deviani Utami, Brian Perkasa ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examined the relationship between picky eating and stunting in children aged 2 to 5 years in central Lampung, Indonesia. Using a case-control design with 172 children, researchers found a statistically significant correlation between picky eating and stunting (p=0.000). The study suggests that picky eating can lead to insufficient nutritional intake, which increases the risk of stunting and disease susceptibility. The authors recommend government attention to nutritional compliance and parental health education.
Key points
- There is a statistically significant relationship between picky eating and stunting in children aged 2-5 years (p=0.000)
- Picky eating is defined as a child refusing food or having difficulty consuming appropriate quantities and types of food for their age
- Picky eating can result in nutritional deficiency that leads to severe stunting
- Children with picky eating are more susceptible to disease
- The study recommends government action on nutritional compliance and parental health education
Limitations
This is a case-control study and cannot establish causation, only association. The document does not provide details on sample size, confounding variables, or how picky eating and stunting were measured.
Abstract
Background: The difficulty of feeding (picky eater) is the behavior of the child does not want to or refuses to eat, or have difficulty consuming food or drink with the type and quantity of suitable age physiologically (natural and unnatural), ranging from open his mouth without coercion, chew, swallow, until absorbed in digestion are good without coercion and without granting specific medications, vitamins and Picky eater able to be symptoms of child health detriment if the reply was not directly addressed. A picky eater can make a child's nutritional intake shortage that certainly further cause severe Stunting and is easily affected by the disease. Purpose : Knowing correlation between toddler's picky eater and stunting on toddler in Central Lampung- Indonesia. Methods : This study used a quantitative approach to the design of case- control. Sampling techniques using the formula slovin. Data analysis using the chi- square test. Results : The statistical tests for non-parametric bivariate obtained the value of p = 0.000 picky eater relationship with stunting which means there is a significant correlation. Conclusion: There is a relationship between picky eater with a stunting incident in Central Lampung Indonesia. Suggestion for government authority to be pay attention especially in compliance of the nutritional needs to toddler and health education to the parent about an essential nutrition for the toddler