76 Entrepreneurship and Community Development p-ISSN/e-ISSN: 2987-6354/2987-6346 Homepage: https://sanscientific.com/journal/index.php/ecd 1(2) 76-81 (2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.58777/ecd.v1i2.134 Original Paper Stunting and Quality of Life: The nexus between Malnutrition, Community Empowerment and Economic Development Nana Danapriatna 1* , M Fakhran Ramadhan 2 , Purnama Putra 3 , Nazma Riska Zhafiraah 4 1 Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic University 45, Bekasi 2 Faculty of Communication, Literature, and Language, Islamic University 45, Bekasi 3 Faculty of Islamic Religion, Islamic University 45, Bekasi 4 Faculty of Economics and Business, YARSI University, Jakarta Corresponding author: Nana Danapriatna (nana.danapriatna@unismabekasi.ac.id) Received: 2023-10-16; Accepted: 2023-11-24; Abstract The community service program was implemented to overcome the stunting problem in Lenggahsari Village, Bekasi Regency, West Java. Stunting due to malnutrition causes pollution to become a problem in this village. The government has taken serious steps with the national stunting prevention movement. The method used is socialization and training about stunting, which aims to change mindsets towards a clean and healthy environment, support zero new stunting, and improve the quality of life. The flow stages of implementing this service program include preparation, stunting socialization, and evaluation. The results of implementing the community service program are increasing knowledge and changing the local community's mindset regarding the dangers of stunting and reducing the stunting rate in Lenggahsari Village. The socialization of stunting prevention is a step in contributing to the government and the state in the economic growth and development of the country; stunting prevention is a long-term investment in the next generation. Keywords: Community Empowerment, Nutrition, Stunting, Quality of Life JEL Classification: O15, Q01, 012 How to cite: Danapriatna, N., Ramadhan, M. F., Putra, P., Zhafiraah, N. R., (2023). Stunting and Quality of Life: The nexus between Malnutrition, Community Empowerment and Economic Development, Entrepreneurship and Community Development (ECD) 1(1), 67- 76 This is an open-access article under the CC-BY-SA international license 1. Background Stunting is a chronic nutritional problem that occurs due to a lack of nutritional intake over a long period, which results in disrupted growth in children (La Ode Alifariki, 2020; Megawati & Wiramihardja, 2019; Sinuraya & Amalia, 2019). Stunting is one of the causes of stunted height in children, so children who experience stunting have a lower height than children their age. Stunting occurs due to several factors, namely poor parenting practices, limited health services, lack of family access to nutritious food, and lack of access to clean water and sanitation at home (Souisa et al., 2021).