Jurnal Internasional Medical Journal of Indonesia FKUI Vol. 29 No. 1 2020
Consumption of growing up milk and stunting among Indonesian toddlers (Correspondence)

Jurnal Internasional Medical Journal of Indonesia FKUI Vol. 29 No. 1 2020
Consumption of growing up milk and stunting among Indonesian toddlers (Correspondence)

Consumption of growing up milk, stunting among Indonesian toddlers

TO THE EDITOR: Study on nutrition for infants and young children faces the challenge of innate study design bias. In the paper titled “Daily consumption of growing-up milk is associated with less stunting
among Indonesian toddlers,” reported by Sjarif et al1 published on issue 1 year 2019 concluded that daily consumption of 300 ml of growing-up milk (GUM) may be considered a preventative measure against stunting.
This conclusion needs to be interpreted carefully. The study was not originally designed to assess whether GUM consumption prevents stunting. Moreover, this cross-sectional study had a small sample size and was designed to validate “Ironcheq”, a questionnaire to detect the risk of iron deficiency in toddlers but not for stunting. The authors also conducted a subgroup analysis comparing the daily consumption of GUM in 41 children with stunting (defined as height-for-age or length-for-age Z score <-2) and 131 without stunting (defined as height-for-age or length-for-age Z score >-1). This observational and cross-sectional study was not
appropriately designed to explore stunting prevention.

Irma Hidayana, Tan Shot Yen, Dian Hadihardjono

Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia

2020-03-26

Sri Wahyuni

ISSN : 0853-1773

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Jurnal Internasional Medical Journal of Indonesia FKUI Vol. 29 No. 1 2020