TRIBUNNEWS.COM – Stunting is a nutritional problem faced in the world, especially in Indonesia.
Even the Indonesian government pays special attention to the problem of stunting experienced by children.
Stunting is a condition of failure to thrive in children under five due to chronic malnutrition so that children are too short for their age.
Malnutrition actually occurs since the baby is in the womb until the early days after the baby is born.
However, the condition of stunting only appears after the baby is two years old.
One characteristic that is certain if a child is stunted is that his body is not too tall or short in stature compared to children of his age.
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However, quoted from diskes.baliprov.go.id, stunting and shortness are different conditions that require different treatment.
In short, stunting is short, but short is not necessarily stunting.
In full, these are the characteristics of stunting in children as quoted by Tribunnews.com from kemkes.go.id:
– Growth slows down
Delayed growth occurs when a child does not grow at the normal rate for his or her age.
Growth retardation can also be diagnosed in children whose height is within the normal range, but whose growth rate is slow.
– Face looks younger than his age
– Late growth of teeth
