Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia
Vol. 21 No. 4: DECEMBER 2025

Factors Associated with Coexisting Forms of Malnutrition (Stunting and Wasting) in Under-Five in Southeast Sulawesi

Aisyah Nurul Hidayah (Department of Public Health Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University, Semarang)
Suyatno Suyatno (Department of Public Health Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University, Semarang)
Apoina Kartini (Department of Public Health Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University, Semarang)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Dec 2025

Abstract

The presence of more than one type of nutritional disorder in a person's body is called Coexisting Forms of Malnutrition (CFM). Children with CFM, such as those experiencing stunting, wasting, and underweight, 12.3 fold risk of death (CI=7.67-19.28) compared to healthy children. Southeast Sulawesi has the tenth highest prevalence of these cases. This study used secondary data based on the Indonesian Nutrition Status Survey (SSGI) 2022 with a cross-sectional design using complex sample analysis. The sample was children under five from Southeast Sulawesi Province, with a final sample size of 8,518 children analyzed. The median age of the sample was 32 months, most of them were male (50.5%), the median birth weight was 3,128.8 grams, and most of their nutritional intake was not diverse (92.1%). Bivariate analysis used chi-square, and multivariate analysis used logistic regression with a full model approach. 3.1% of children had CFM (stunting and wasting). Factors associated with this case based on bivariate analysis (p-value <0.05) were child age, sex, mother's education, mother's occupation, food security, sanitation, socioeconomic status, weight measurement, and vitamin A administration. Factors associated with this case based on multivariate analysis were child age 36-47 months (OR=4.027; 95% CI=1.838-8.825; p-value=0.001), male (OR=1.832; CI=1.324-2.536; p< 0.000), child with Low Birth Weight (LBW) (OR=3.061; CI=1.879-4.986; p<0.000), and poorest socioeconomic status (quintile 1) (OR=3.109; CI=1.641-5.890; p<0.001).

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mkmi

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Public Health

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Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia accepts scientific papers in the form of research reports (original research papers) with a focus on the development of public health issues problems in Indonesia, including the developments and main problems in the field of epidemiology; Health Promotion; ...