<![CDATA[Malnutrition in toddlers has long-term and short-term impacts, such as causing repeated infections, low academic achievement, and low productivity compared to children with normal nutrition. The non-pharmacological aromatherapy massage method is a method that helps increase appetite so that weight, height and IGF-1 levels increase. This study aims to test the effectiveness of aromatherapy massage on weight gain, height, and IGF-1 levels in malnourished toddlers. The population is the total number of malnourished toddlers in 20 Bengkulu City Health Centers in the Bengkulu City Health Office Work Area. The sampling technique was simple random sampling, 20 malnourished toddlers in the intervention group, 20 babies in the control group, so that the total sample was 40 toddlers. The analysis test used the paired t test and the Idenpendent t-test. There was a difference between before and after being given aromatherapy massage in the intervention group, weight p-value = 0.000, height p value = 0.062, and IGF-1 levels p-value = 0.011. The conclusion was that aromatherapy massage used 3 times a week for 15 minutes for 4 weeks can increase body weight and IGF-1 levels in malnourished toddlers.]]>
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