Understanding Stunting (Gangguan Tumbuh Kembang)
📌 Stunting is a developmental disorder in children caused by chronic malnutrition during early growth periods.
🧐 Symptoms include a child being shorter than their age, appearing younger, having low weight for age, and delayed bone growth.
🤰 Approximately 20% of stunting cases begin during pregnancy.

Causes and Risk Factors
💧 Poor care practices, limited access to quality health services (like ANC/PNC care), lack of nutritious food access, and inadequate access to clean water and sanitation are primary causes.
📉 Stunting impacts cognitive ability and productivity, and increases the risk of non-communicable diseases like heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and osteoporosis later in life.
🧠 Poor nutrition in early life can lead to serious and often permanent damage to brain and body development, impacting the individual for life.

Prevention and Mitigation Strategies
📉 National data (Riskesdas 2018) shows stunting prevalence decreased from 18.8% in 2007 to 11.5% in 2018.
🍎 Stunting is rarely curable but can be prevented early through healthy lifestyles, balanced nutrition, and iron supplements (Fe tablets) starting in adolescence.
👶 Critical prevention focuses on the first 1000 days of life, ensuring balanced nutrition, exclusive breastfeeding, responsive caregiving, and monitoring growth and development.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ Stunting has lifelong consequences, potentially leading to a cycle where stunted adolescent girls become mothers who deliver malnourished babies.
➡️ Early intervention through proper nutrition, maternal health checks during pregnancy, and exclusive breastfeeding are essential for preventing stunting.
➡️ Focusing on the first 1000 days is crucial for realizing Indonesia's vision of a "golden generation" free from stunting.

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