International Journal of Academic and Applied Research (IJAAR)   Year: 2020 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 6 | Page No.: 60-65 A Cross Sectional Study on Stunting Among Under Five Children With Associated Factors in Bangladesh Kakoli Khatun, Roni Ahmed, Tasmim Zannat Abstract: Stunting is a severe problem to under five child morbidity and mortality in developing countries like Bangladesh. This study attempts to develop Generalized Poisson Regression Model to identify the number of under-five stunted children in Bangladesh using Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014 data. The study identified several significant predictors of the outcome variable namely mother's education, mother's working status, father's education, father's occupation, types of place of residence, division, wealth index, religion, number of living children and access to the media. It is found that educated and economically solvent families are at lower risk of having stunting and it is also true for the people living in urban area as well as those who are in touch with different types of media like TV, radio, magazines etc.