Stunting is a growth disorder in children caused by poor nutritional intake, repeated infections and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. These nutritional problems will occur if the nutrients are not fulfilled in the period of  First Thousand Days of Life. Objective: to determine the effect of nutrition counseling using comic media on the knowledge and attitudes of girl adolescent about 1000 first days of life in preventing stunting at SMAN 1 Percut Sei Tuan. Methods: This type of research was Pre-Experimental with the One Group Pre-Post Test research design which only used the experimental group without a control/comparison group. The population in this study were all class XI teenage girls who were at SMAN 1 Percut Sei Tuan in 2023, namely 121 people. Data collection was carried out by interviews using questionnaires and analysis using the T-dependent test. Results: This study showed the effect of nutritional counseling using comic media on knowledge (p=0.000) and attitudes (p=0.000) in preventing stunting at SMAN 1 Percut Sei Tuan. Conclusion: There is an increase in knowledge and attitudes of young women after being given nutritional counseling using comic media.

Stunting is a child's body posture that is shorter when compared to children of his age. Body length for age is an indicator of chronic malnutrition. The incidence of stunting is influenced by several factors such as energy intake, nutrition, gender, number of members in the family, father's and mother's education, father's and mother's occupation, birth weight and family's economic status. The prevalence of stunting according to WHO (World Health Organization) in 2020 is 22% or 149.2 million children.Methods : The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of giving anchovy cookies (Stolephorus Sp) on the prevention of stunting in two-year-old infants in Hamlet I Paluh Mardan, Pematang Cengal Village, Tanjung Pura District, Langkat Regency in 2023. This research is a Quasi-Experimental study designed with a one group pretest and posttest design and examined 28 people as the research sample.Results and Discussion: The results of the study in the experimental group obtained results: the increase in the height of the male two-year-old baby was 1.1778 cm, the mean height was 89.4 cm; whereas for female toddlers, the average increase in body height was 1.1526 cm, with an average height of 90.6 cm. Meanwhile, the results of the analysis using the t-dependent test with a 95% confidence level showed a sig (2-tailed) value <0.05, which means that the effect of giving anchovy cookies was found on stunting prevention in toddlers.Conclusion: It is hoped that the residents of Hamlet I Paluh Mardan, Pematang Cengal Village, will utilize anchovies, processed into cookies or other processed forms, to increase the height of a 2 year old baby to prevent stunting, and future researchers will use my thesis as a reference.