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The Effect of Chicken Eggs on The Body Weight of Stunting Toddlers Aged 12-59 Months Anggun Tyasmarawati1.
Sawitri Dewi2 Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto.
Indonesia.
Email: elegantyasoppo@gmail.
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ABSTRACT
Stunting remains a major nutritional health problem among Indonesian children under five, with long-term effects on health and the quality of future generations.
One effective intervention is providing supplementary food using locally available sources such as chicken eggs.
Eggs are rich in essential macro and micronutrients that meet childrenAos nutritional needs and can improve body This study aimed to determine the effect of chicken egg consumption on the body weight of stunted children in Sumurkidang Village.
Bantarbolang Sub-District.
Pemalang Regency.
A preexperimental one-group pretest-posttest design was used, involving 36 stunted children aged 12Ae59 months selected through purposive sampling.
Research instruments included chicken eggs, observation sheets, weighing scales, and child growth monitoring cards (KMS).
Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
The mean body weight increased from 11.
489 kg before to 375 kg after 90 days of daily egg consumption, showing a significant effect .
= 0.
conclusion, daily consumption of chicken eggs for 90 days significantly increased body weight in stunted children.
Mothers are encouraged to provide eggs regularly with varied cooking methods while maintaining food hygiene to prevent infection and support optimal growth.
Keywords: Stunted Children.
Body Weight.
Chicken Egg Consumption A2025 Anggun Tyasmarawati1.
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*Anggun Tyasmarawat.
Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto.
Indonesia.
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INTRODUCTION
Stunting is a global problem in the field of ingredients for PMT must have a high nutrition that ranks first.
The World Health protein content to support toddler growth Organization (WHO) and the United and development, thereby preventing and Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) stated addressing stunting in toddlers (Runjati et that the prevalence of stunting in children , 2.
under 5 years of age in the world in 2019 3% (WHO, 2.
Stunting is a toddlers in Indonesia because it has the The stunting prevalence in 2022 experienced a decrease of 2.
to the prevalence in 2021 of 24.
The prevalence of stunting in toddlers in Central Java Province in 2022 was 20.
and Pemalang Regency ranked 9th with a prevalence of stunting in toddlers of 8% (Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, 2.
Data on stunting in Bantarbolang Health Center in December 2024 was 729 toddlers .
%), while stunting in Sumurkidang Village was 43 .
7%).
The Supplementary Feeding (PMT) program as a solution to address stunting in toddlers through the Indonesian Minister of Health Regulation Number 51 Local Eggs are a local ingredient that contain vitamins and minerals needed for the growth and development of toddlers.
Eggs compounds , or active compounds found in small amounts in food, that have the conditions or prevent potential health conditions, which helps provide benefits to human health (Evanuarini.
Thohari & Safitri, 2.
Eggs are an animal food that contains almost all macro and Egg whites are a source of protein, vitamins B2.
B6.
B12, and Egg yolks contain fat, calories, cholesterol, and several types of minerals (Budi, 2.
Adequate protein and calcium intake is needed by the body for growth, especially the formation of bones, teeth, and brain development (Litaay et al.
Nutritional Bantarbolang Community Health Center in Standards addressing the problem of stunting in (Harumi et al.
, 2.
Community-based toddlers has attempted cross-program and PMT innovations to improve toddler cross-sectoral collaboration by holding nutritional status are recommended to be counseling on stunting and its handling in Supplementation Product Anggun Tyasmarawati1.
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pregnant women's classes, toddler classes and integrated health posts (Posyand.
Sumurkidang providing additional PMT to stunted Regency, toddlers both from the Village Fund February to April 2025 for 90 days.
The Budget (ADD), the Pemalang Regency population in this study was all toddlers in Health Office and the Fisheries Office.
Sumurkidang The PMT program for stunting toddlers Community Health Center Working Area, was given in November 2024 in the form Pemalang Regency in January 2025, of 10 chicken eggs given once a week and totaling 291 toddlers .
Respondents in this given for 6 weeks, but this program has study were 36 respondents.
Researchers will not been able to reduce the incidence of take toddlers aged 12-59 months with stunting in toddlers at Bantarbolang stunting who meet the inclusion and Community Health Center.
The number of exclusion criteria.
Data collection in this stunted toddlers aged 0-59 months at study used observation by checking the Bantarbolang Community Health Center in toddler's weight using scales.
The primary November 2024 was 748 children and data in this study was the body weight of those aged 12-24 months who experienced stunted toddlers obtained through monthly stunting were 172 children.
This study weighing before and after consuming aims to determine the effect of chicken egg chicken eggs.
Secondary data is data consumption on the weight of stunted obtained indirectly from respondents.
These include data on stunted toddlers at Sumurkidang Village.
Bantarbolang.
Pemalang Regency.
Village.
Pemalang Village.
Bantarbolang Bantarbolang Regency.
Bantarbolang
Community Health
Center in Pemalang Regency and the KIA
METHOD
The type of research used in this study is a (Child Health Car.
pre-experiment , namely using a quasiexperiment .
The approach used is a onegroup research type.
pre-test and posttest The research variables consist of The independent variable of this study was RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Results The results of the study on respondent characteristics based on age and gender can be seen in the following table :
dependent variable of this study was the weight of stunted toddlers .
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Table 1 Frequency Distribution of Age and Gender Respondents Sumurkidang Village.
Bantarbolang Regency.
Pemalang Regency, 2025 .
Characteristics Frequency .
Age 12-23 months 24-35 months 36-47 months 48-59 months Gender Man Women Source: Primary Data, 2025 Percentage (%) Table 1 shows that stunted toddlers are mostly aged 24-35 months, as many as 38.
The gender of stunted toddlers is more female than male, namely 52.
8% .
The results of the study on the weight of consuming chicken eggs can be seen in the following table:
Table 2 Body Weight of Stunted Toddlers Before and After Egg Consumption in Sumurkidang Village.
Bantarbolang.
Pemalang Regency .
Egg Consumption Mean
Median Elementary School
Min-Max
Stunting toddler weight
11,489
11,350
A1.
( pre-test ) Stunting toddler weight
12,375
12,375
A1.
( post test ) Source: Primary Data, 2025 Table 2 shows that the average weight of respondents before consuming eggs was chicken eggs indicates that continuous 489 kg with the lowest weight of 9.
3 kg consumption of chicken eggs has the and the highest of 14.
5 kg.
The average potential to increase the weight of stunted weight of respondents after consuming eggs was 12.
375 kg with the lowest weight 5 kg and the highest of 15.
3 kg.
This indicates that there was an increase in the average weight of stunted toddlers after consuming eggs with a median value of 886 kg over 90 days.
From table 2, it is respondents' weight before consuming chicken eggs was 11.
35 kg and the median consuming chicken eggs was 12.
375 kg.
This indicates a tendency for weight gain after being given the intervention of Based on the standard deviation before egg consumption of A1.
4667 kg, meaning that the variation or difference in body weight between toddlers is relatively small, while after egg consumption for 90 days the standard deviation is obtained at A1.
kg, which means there is little variation in weight gain between toddlers.
This shows that although there is an average increase in body weight, each toddler experiences different weight gains, even more varied after the egg consumption intervention.
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Toddler weight after consuming eggs Table 3 Frequency Distribution of Stunting Toddler Body Weight After Consuming Eggs in Sumurkidang Village.
Bantarbolang.
Pemalang Regency .
Stunting Toddler Weight Frequency .
Percentage (%) Go on Not Up Total Source: Primary Data, 2025 Table 3 shows that based on the KMS.
The results of the study on the effect of there was an increase in toddler weight chicken egg consumption on the body after consuming chicken eggs for 32 Sumurkidang Village.
Bantarbolang, respondents did not experience an increase Pemalang Regency can be seen in the in weight after consuming chicken eggs following table:
for 4 respondents .
1%).
Table 4 Wilcoxon Test Results Variables Weight
Pre-test
Post test
Mean
11,489
Positive Ranks Ties Total
12,375
Negative Ranks Mean Rank p-value Source: Primary Data, 2025 Based on table 4 above, it can be explained difference between body weight pre-test that the results of the Wilcoxon test and post-test is 36, meaning that 36 obtained a significance value of 0.
respondents experienced an increase in <0.
05, so Ha is accepted, namely there is an effect of chicken egg consumption on The mean rank or average Bantarbolang, increase in body weight is 18.
Ties is 0.
Pemalang Regency .
From table 4, it is meaning that there are no respondents with known that the Negative Rank or negative the same body weight between the pre-test difference between body weight for the and post-test .
pre-test and post-test is 0, meaning that no Discussion respondents experienced weight loss after Respondent Characteristics Sumurkidang Village, consuming eggs.
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The results of the study showed that the likely to be girls than boys, at 52.
9%) of stunted toddlers were Gender determines the nutritional needs of aged 24-35 months or toddlers aged over 2 This is influenced by differences years, which is a crucial period in toddler in body composition between boys and growth since infancy.
The age of 24-35 Boys have more muscle tissue, while months is an important transition phase in girls have more fat tissue.
Muscle tissue in child development, children's nutritional boys requires more activity and requires needs increase along with motor and more energy obtained from nutritional cognitive development.
Children at this intake, while girls, with fat tissue, do not require as much energy, so their energy diversification that depends on parenting needs are lower and if not met according patterns, adequate nutritional intake and to their needs, are at risk of stunting .
This eating habits formed from an early age.
is in accordance with the opinion of This is in line with the opinion of (Darmayanti & Puspitasari, 2.
who Susiyanti .
who stated that the stated that the difference in nutritional nutritional needs of children aged over 2 needs between boys and girls is due to years are increasing and cannot be met differences in body composition.
Women only from breast milk.
Children in a period have more fat tissue and less muscle tissue of rapid growth and development, are than men.
Muscle is metabolically more starting to be susceptible to infection and active than fat, so muscle requires are becoming physically active, so their proportionally more energy than fat.
nutritional needs must be met.
Research by Therefore, boys and girls of the same Hidayat .
states that parenting weight, height, and age have different patterns occur in stunting in children aged body compositions.
24-60 months.
Democratic parenting is Stunting Toddlers' Weight Before and associated with a one-fold higher risk of After Consuming Chicken Eggs The results showed that the average weight parenting in providing food or nutrition to of respondents after egg consumption was Meanwhile, research by Ibrahim 375 kg, with the lowest weight being et al.
states that sociocultural 5 kg and the highest being 15.
5 kg.
This factors are associated with stunting in indicates an increase in the weight of toddlers aged 24-59 months.
The study stunted toddlers after egg consumption, found that stunted toddlers were more with an average weight increase of 0.
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These results align with the research of When viewed from the lowest value of Yuliana.
Utaminingrum, .
Minarni toddler weight before and after egg consumption, it shows that the lowest additional animal protein with chicken weight after egg consumption .
5 k.
is eggs can increase body weight and length higher than the lowest weight before egg in children suffering from stunting, consumption .
3 k.
This indicates that Stunted toddlers whose weight falls below during the egg consumption intervention, the WHO growth chart indicate chronic all respondents experienced weight gain.
The results showed that the majority, growth and development.
A toddler's weight below the normal curve indicates a long-term energy and nutrient deficit.
One consumption, but there was a small effective intervention to address stunted portion, namely 4 respondents .
toddlers with low birth weight is to who did not experience weight gain after provide them with nutritious foods, such as egg consumption.
Eggs are a source of animal protein Stunting in toddlers who do not gain with high biological value and are easily weight after being given egg consumption digested and absorbed by the body.
Eggs interventions can be caused by other also contain vitamins and minerals needed factors such as health.
Chronic infectious diseases such as diarrhea, acute respiratory This is in line with the opinion infections, or worm infections can disrupt of Evanuarini.
Thohari, and Safitri .
nutrient absorption in the digestive tract, stated that eggs are a local ingredient so that even though food intake is sufficient, the toddler's body is unable to necessary for the growth and development utilize it optimally for growth.
Toddlers of toddlers.
Eggs are a source of suffering from chronic infectious diseases biologically active compounds , or active also experience a decreased appetite, compounds found in small amounts in thereby limiting nutrient intake, while sick food, that have the ability to improve toddlers' energy needs increase to fight the infection, resulting in weight loss.
This is potential health conditions, thus providing in line with UNICEF's opinion .
9, in benefits to human health.
Marselinus et al.
, 2.
, which states that .
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Health significantly influences a The Wilcoxon test results obtained a child's growth, where good health allows a significance value of 0.
000 <0.
05, so Ha is child's body to develop optimally.
Chronic accepted, namely there is an effect of diseases, infections, and other health chicken egg consumption on the weight of disorders can inhibit nutrient absorption, stunted toddlers in Sumurkidang Village, disrupt metabolic processes, and reduce Bantarbolang.
Pemalang Regency.
The the energy available for growth.
results of this study are in accordance with The results of the study showed that the research of Yuliana.
Utaminingrum & toddler weight gain was related to the Minarni .
which stated that there was KMS.
It was known that the majority, an increase in the weight of stunted .
9%),
toddlers up to 1 kg after being given eggs experienced weight gain after consuming for 12 days, as well as the research of eggs, but there was a small portion.
Patmawati et al .
which stated that namely 4 respondents .
1%) who did not there was an effect of providing additional experience weight gain after consuming food on the weight of stunted toddlers .
This can be concluded that there are Regularly feeding chicken eggs for a still toddlers who do not experience weight period of 90 days can increase the weight gain based on KMS after consuming eggs of stunted toddlers because eggs contain for 90 days.
This could be due to the essential micronutrients such as iron, zinc, adequacy of toddler nutritional intake is vitamins A.
D, and B complex, which still lacking, even though they have immune system.
These nutrients are nutritional needs for growth are not only needed by stunted toddlers who experience determined by protein, but require macro long-term energy and nutrient deficits to and micro nutrient intake.
This is in line increase their weight.
This is in accordance with the opinion of Hatala .
who with the opinion of Budi .
, who stated that a person's nutritional needs for stated that eggs are an animal food that weight growth require nutritional intake in Egg whites are a source of carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and protein, vitamins B2.
B6.
B12, and Egg yolks contain fat, calories.
The Effect of Chicken Egg Consumption cholesterol, and several types of minerals.
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Consistent consumption of eggs by stunted toddlers can increase the weight of stunted toddlers and the long-term impact can reduce cases of stunted toddlers in Sumurkidang Village.
Bantarbolang.
Pemalang.
This is in line Darmayanti & Puspitasari .
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Deswita et al.
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Conclusion There is an effect of chicken egg consumption on the body weight of stunted toddlers in Sumurkidang Village.
Bantarbolang.
Pemalang Regency with a p value of 0.
000 < 0.
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