Relationship Between Exclusive Breastfeeding With Stunting Events in Age 12-35 Months in Air Dingin Health Center Padang 2018

Abstract

Stunting is one of the nutritional problems due to chronic malnutrition in the first 1000 days of life that will affect the growth and development of physical and mental children. One of the causes of stunting is the lack of nutritional intake during a toddler where exclusive breastfeeding is the best nutrition received by a baby in the first 6 months of life. The highest number of stunting children in the city of Padang is in the working area of Air Dingin Health Center. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of exclusive breastfeeding with the incidence of stunting in infants aged 12-35 months in the working area of Air Dingin Health Center, Padang in 2018. This study was a cross sectional analytic approach, carried out in the region of Cold Water from February to July 2018. Samples were toddlers aged 12-35 months as many as 77 people. Data collection by interview and body Length measurement. A data analysis was univariate and bivariate using the chi square test with p-value ≤ 0.05 The results showed that the percentage of stunting cases in children aged 12-35 months was greater in infants who were not given exclusive breastfeeding (51.4%) compared to children under five who received exclusive breastfeeding (19%). The results of bivariate analysis showed that there was a relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and the incidence of stunting with p-values ≤ 0.05 It can be concluded that there is a relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and the incidence of stunting in infants aged 12-35 months. Therefore breastfeeding mother must give exclusive breastfeeding to the baby so that the baby can grow optimally