Stunted (short stature) atau yang disebut tinggi badan atau panjang badan terhadap umur yang rendah digunakan sebagai indikator malnutrisi kronik yang menggambarkan riwayat kurang gizi anak dalam jangka waktu lama.

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Indonesia ranked 5thas a contributor to the prevalence of stunting in the world, and it needs to get focus by the government. Based on the study of early childhood in central Java, South Sulawesi and West Sumatra (2009) showed that the prevalence of stunting reached 29%. Causes of stunting must be given serious attention because it relate to the nutritional life cycle. One cause of stunting is low birth weight (LBW). A malnourished young woman at risk of early pregnancy and it will affect the fetus to be LBW. LBW infants are likely to be failure to thrive that implies to the incidence of stunting in infants.

Adapun masalah tubuh pendek atau stunting -- dalam istilah gizi menerangkan kondisi dimana tinggi badan anak tidak sesuai dengan umurnya-- pada balita di Indonesia saat ini masih cukup serius sekitar 37,2 persen," ujar Tjandra.Kepala Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan ini juga menerangkan tentang prevalensi bayi dengan berat badan lahir rendah (BBLR) sekitar 10,2 persen. Untuk prevalensi bayi dengan panjang badan kurang dari 48 sentimeter atau bayi yang terlahir apendek sekitar 20,2 persen . Hasil Riskedas 2013, Ini Masalah Gizi di Indonesiahttp://midwiferylecture.blogspot.in/2011/09/strategi-intervensi-stunting-di.htmlhttp://informasitips.com/stunting-indikator-gizi-kuranghttp://nasional.sindonews.com/read/838996/15/stunting-obesitas-masalah-besar-gizi-masyarakat-indonesia-1393315129http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/2/e005180.fullhttp://www.suara.com/health/2015/02/10/100823/inilah-upaya-pemerintah-untuk-tekan-masalah-balita-stuntinghttp://unicef.or.idhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mcn.12009/epdfhttp://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/English_Poster_B_Global_Target_2025.pdf?ua=1 okhttp://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/nutrition_globaltargets2025/en/ okhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24074315http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mcn.12009/epdfhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mcn.12075/pdf !!