Relationship Between Parenting Style and Food Consumption Patterns and the Incidence of Stunting in Toddlers Aged 24–60 Months in the X Community Health Center Area
Retrospective cross-sectional analysis found links between parenting style, dietary patterns, and stunting in toddlers, highlighting urgent intervention needs.
Key Points
About 70% of toddlers were found to be stunted, linked to poor parenting and dietary practices.
Significant relationships between parenting style and stunting (p = 0.000), and dietary patterns and stunting (p = 0.000), were revealed.
The study involved 60 mothers of stunted children selected through purposive sampling in specific villages.
Poor parenting increases the likelihood of stunting by 0.159 times and inadequate diet increases it by 0.043 times.