Appropriate Nutrition for Stunting Cases In Indonesia: Literature Review

Background: Nutritional problems, especially stunting in infants, are caused by inadequate food intake and diseases which are direct causes of nutritional problems in children. The risk of stunting can also be obtained from maternal health and nutrition conditions before and during pregnancy and after delivery which can affect fetal growth. If the nutrition of adolescent girls in Indonesia is currently not improved, then on the future there will be more and more expectant mothers who have short body postures and lack of chronic energy. This will have an impact on the increasing prevalence of stunting in Indonesia. Objectives: This literature review explains the fulfillment of nutrition in stunting cases of Indonesia. Methods: The articles discussed in the literature review were taken from Google Scholar, SpringerLink, ScienceDirect, Sage Journals Online, and IJSR databases, within 2015-2019. Then an article is assessed until the literature review stage is made from 4 selected article titles according to the authors’ inclusion criteria. The inclusion criteria in this review are based on PICO (P: stunting in Indonesia; I: nutrition fulfillment; C: physical condition of stunting sufferers; O: effectiveness of nutritional content). Resuts: Conclusions: Fulfillment of nutrition for toddlers does not only depend on the diversity of the types of food consumed and the nutritional content, but also depends on processing how to cook and serve Keywords: Indonesia, Nutrition, Stuntin