Nutrition intervention to prevent stunting in children aged 6-59 months

Abstract

Stunting prevention in the early years of life has become a worldwide concern in recent times. One of the preventions is to provide optimal interventions such as nutrition interventions. This study is aimed to discuss the nutritional intervention that can be given to prevent stunting. This review according to PRISMA guidelines. This study design was literature review conducted by searching database PubMed, Proquest, EBSCO and scopus from 2016-2021. The library search was developed using the PICO Logic Grid approach and the subject heading search using MeSH. The exclusion criteria in this review were study protocol or articles review. Eight articles were included in this review. The results show nutritional interventions that can be used for stunting prevention are complementary food in the form of supplements or foods containing micronutrients and macronutrients about 4 articles and the other 4 articles that discuss the provision of supplementary feeding assistance programs and nutrition education. the nutritional interventions for stunting prevention such as providing optimal complementary food, that contain micronutrient or macronutrient or both of them and providing nutrition program such as nutrition education or assistance in planting food.