International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health | May 2023 | Vol 10 | Issue 5 Page 1686 International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health Patriasih R et al. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2023 May;10(5):1686-1692 http://www.ijcmph.com pISSN 2394-6032 | eISSN 2394-6040 Original Research Article Nutritional knowledge of mothers, children’s food consumption, and stunting prevalence: a study of indigenous community in Kasepuhan of Ciptagelar and Sinar Resmi, West Java, Indonesia Rita Patriasih 1 , Ali Khomsan 2 *, Hadi Riyadi 2 , Isma Widiaty 3 , Faisal Anwar 2 , Winati Wigna 4 , Alya Firdausi 2 INTRODUCTION The indigenous community of Kasepuhan of Ciptagelar live in villages which still hold the local traditions firmly. In contrast, the indigenous community of Kasepuhan of Sinar Resmi geographically live in more open villages, so they can easily interact with people from other villages. The sociocultural and ecological changes will lead to economic changes, particularly in the agricultural and market systems, greatly affecting people’s lives. Another change is the utilization of indigenous lands, affecting the food system. Individuals’ food consumption patterns may reflect their nutrition adequacy. Dietary diversity is one’s effort to meet nutrition intake, including energy, protein, vitamin, mineral, etc. 1 The more diverse food consumption, the greater their chance to fulfil their nutrition need. There are many factors which affect the dietary pattern. Among ABSTRACT Background: The indigenous community of Kasepuhan of Ciptagelar lives in villages that still hold the local traditions firmly. In contrast, the indigenous community of Kasepuhan of Sinar Resmi geographically live in more open villages, so they can easily interact with people from other villages. Culture contributes social values to food consumption and nutritional status. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on the two indigenous communities from January 2015 until June 2016. The study involved selecting samples using stratified random sampling. The total sample was as many as 200 households. Results: The study found that 70.3% of mothers in Kasepuhan of Ciptagelar and 48.6% in Kasepuhan of Sinar Resmi have low nutritional knowledge (score <60). The households living in both Kasepuhans had high dietary consumption diversity. However, a household in Ciptagelar had a higher dietary diversity score (6.4±1.4) than in Sinar Resmi (5.7±2.0) (p=0.032). The foods taboo for pregnant mothers were meatballs, Reundeu leaves, durian, pineapple, and Ambon banana. The foods taboo for children under five were meat, chicken feet, chicken tail, chicken liver, chicken gizzard, and seafish. The stunting prevalence of children in Ciptagelar was 44.3%, while Sukaresmi was 22.9%. Conclusions: Based on those findings, the mother ’s nutritional knowledge in Kasepuhan of Sinar Resmi was better than in Kasepuhan of Ciptagelar. The diversity of household food consumption in Kasepuhan of Ciptagelar was higher. However, there was a possibility that the nutritional intake of children in Kasepuhan of Ciptagelar was lower. Consequently, the stunting prevalence was higher in Kasepuhan of Ciptagelar than in the Kasepuhan of Sinar Resmi. Keywords: Food consumption, Indigenous community, Nutrition knowledge, Nutritional status 1 Culinary Education Study Program, 3 Family Welfare Education Study Program, Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia 2 Department of Community Nutrition, 4 Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University, West Java, Indonesia Received: 27 February 2023 Accepted: 04 April 2023 *Correspondence: Dr. Ali Khomsan, E-mail: khomsanali@apps.ipb.ac.id Copyright: © the author(s), publisher and licensee Medip Academy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20231264