The Phenomenon of Stunting in North Sumatra and Its Prevention Efforts (Published)
The purpose of this paper is to look at the phenomenon of stunting in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia and the efforts made in the form of promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative which are carried out in an integrated, comprehensive and sustainable manner by the government. This type of paper is a type of descriptive research that explains and describes the phenomenon of stunting in North Sumatra by searching news related to activities and prevention programs carried out by the local government. Actions to prevent stunting are certainly wiser to implement by everyone in their environment, especially meeting nutritional needs since pregnancy, giving exclusive breast milk (ASI) until the baby is 6 months old, accompanying exclusive breastfeeding with healthy complementary food for breast milk (MPASI), continuing to monitor growth and development of children and always keep the environment clean
Keywords: Integrated, Stunting, comprehensive and sustainable manner