Incidence of stunted in toddlers related to maternal history of anemia during pregnancy

Abstract

Anemia is the one of global community problem. Anemia during pregnancy reaches 44.3% in Indonesia, and 27.6 % in DKI Jakarta. The impact of anemia during pregnancy includes intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), which measured by anthropometric measurement. This study is a descriptive-analytical study with a retrospective approach to data presented by Karang Kitri primary health center registry on 34 mothers from 158 mother whom meet the inclusion criteria. The results of this study shows that 37.5 % toddlers are stunted with maternal history of moderate anemia, and 41.7 % in mild level anemia during pregnancy. In this study, 5 toodler (21%) meets criteria stunted without maternal history of anemia during pregnancy.