ANALISIS PENGARUH STUNTING TERHADAP KECERDASAN ANAK USIA SEKOLAH DASAR DI KOTA PALEMBANG
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- Background. Stunting is a condition of chronic malnutrition in children that causes children to be short for children their age. Nutrition problems that cause stunting children, of course, will children's development and the negative impact that will happens in the future, especially their intelligence. This stunting problem is one of the global / world nutrition problems. Based on data from UNICEF, the prevalence of stunting in the world reached 28%, in South Asia 38% even in eastern and southern Africa reaching 40%. (UNICEF, 2009). The incidence of stunting in South Sumatra Province ranks 10th after the province of North Kalimantan with an incidence of 26.9%. (RISKESDAS, 2018) This figure is of course very high and needs serious attention, bearing in mind that several theories state that stunting remains in children, over 2 years will have a major impact on children's health.The aim is to analyze the effect of stunting on the intelligence of elementary school children in Palembang and to analyze other factors related to stunting and intelligence. Method. This research uses quantitative research methods. The study was conducted in three sub-districts in Palembang City, Seberang Ulu I, Seberang Ulu II and Sukarame and conducted in August - October 2019. Result. The results of this study showed that there was no significant relationship between history of infection, history of immunization, environmental sanitation and father’s education with intellectual intelligence in elementary school age children. There is a significant relationship between stunting, history of exclusive breastfeeding, food intake, family economic status, physical activity, mother's education and academic achievement with intellectual intelligence of elementary school-age children in the city of Palembang. Conclusion. Children who suffer from stunting affect intelligence and have a 5.2 times lower average intelligence compared to children who are not stunting after being controlled by confounding variables exclusive breastfeeding, food intake, economic status, physical activity, environmental sanitation and academic achievement .