Come on, Recognize the Signs of Early Stunting Children

Come on, Recognize the Signs of Early Stunting Children - Stunting is a condition in which a person's height is much shorter than the height of a person his age. The main cause of stunting is chronic malnutrition from the baby in the womb to the beginning of the child's birth which usually appears after a 2 year old child. Then what are the symptoms or signs of child stunting?

Come on, Recognize the Signs of Early Stunting Children

Symptoms and signs of child stunting

Not all children are shorter stunted. Stunting is a very short body condition seen from the standard of measuring height according to age based on WHO standards.

According to the Indonesian Ministry of Health, short toddlers or stunting can be known if a toddler has measured the length or height, then compared with the standard, and the measurement results are in the range below normal.

A child is included in the stunting or not depends on the results of the measurement. So it can't be guessed or guessed without measurement.

• In addition to the short body of a child of his age, there are also other characteristics, namely:
• Growth slows down
• The face looks younger than their age
• Late tooth growth
• Poor performance on focus ability and learning memory
• Late puberty
• Ages 8-10 years old children become more quiet, not much eye contact with those around them

What factors influence a child's stunting?

• Primarily, malnutrition is experienced by pregnant women and toddlers.
• Lack of mother's knowledge about nutrition before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and after giving birth.
• Limited access to health services, including pregnancy and postnatal services (after childbirth).
• Lack of access to clean water and sanitation.
• There is still a lack of access to nutritious food because it is considered expensive.

So what is the impact of stunting?

Stunting is a growth failure due to the accumulation of insufficient nutrients which lasts a long time from pregnancy to the age of 24 months. Therefore, this condition can affect the growth and development of the child as a whole.

The short-term impact of stunting is disruption of brain development, intelligence, disturbances in physical growth, and metabolic disorders.

Its long-term impact, stunting that is not handled properly as early as possible will reduce the cognitive abilities of the brain, weak immune system so that it is easy to get sick, and a high risk of the emergence of metabolic diseases such as obesity, heart disease, and vascular disease.

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