Abstract:
The nutritional status of toddlers can be classified into two variables, namely normal
nutrition and malnutrition. The emergence of nutritional problems in toddlers can be
influenced by several things such as unbalanced nutrition, infectious diseases and
malnutrition. In this article, a selection is made of the factors that have an influence on
cases of toddlers malnutrition in 49 districts and cities in Middle Sumatera. The study is
conducted using the logistic regression method of LASSO. The dependent variable is a
variable with 2 categories of cases in each region, namely above and below the
average. This study results in three variables that influence cases of toddlers
malnutrition in Middle Sumatera, namely the number of poor people, provincial
minimum wage and the total population
