Meta-Analysis the Effects of Non Exclusive Breastfeeding and Inappropriate Complementary Feeding on Stunting in Children Under Five

Abstract

Background: One of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets in 2030 is to end all forms of malnutrition, including reducing stunting, which is still a global problem. Stunting is directly and negatively affected by birth length, exclusive breastfeeding, and complementary feeding on time. This study aims to estimate the magnitude of the effect of non-exclusive breastfeeding and inappropriate complementary breastfeeding on the incidence of stunting in children under five using a meta-analysis study. Subjects and Method: This meta-analysis study was conducted by selecting articles published in the years 2010-2020, from the PubMed, Google Scholar, and BMJ databases. Article searches are carried out by considering the eligibility criteria. This article was collected for 1 month using the following keywords: "Exclusive Breastfeeding" AND "Complemen-tary Feeding" AND "Stunting". The inclusion criteria were full text study, children under five years of age, non-exclusive breastfeeding intervention and complementary feeding were not on time, the outcome of the article was stunting by observational study, and the results were reported in adjusted odds ratio (aOR). Eligible