Priorities for intervention of childhood stunting in northeastern Ethiopia: A matched case-control study.

Maternal nutritional status, food priority, duration of exclusive breastfeeding, no intake of meat and repeated episodes of diarrhea were the main determinants of stunting among children aged 6-59 months. Therefore, intervention measures to avert childhood stunting should include strengthening action on provision of essential nutrition, providing counseling to parents on giving food priority to children, promotion of optimal duration of breastfeeding and preventing diarrheal disease among children 6-59 months old.