Stunting is a major health problem in children below 5 years of age in many low- and middle-income countries around the world. Stunting in children below 5 years can cause impaired physical development and have long term effects on cognitive development, education, and economic productivity in adulthood. Stunting is caused by multi-dimensional factors and not only caused by malnutrition which is experienced by pregnant women and children under five. The purpose of this study was to determine factors of stunting in children. This study used a cross-sectional design using consecutive sampling at Puskesmas 4 ULU Palembang. Data were taken by taking anthropometric measurements, analyzed using growth charts and filling out questionnaires to obtain the risk factors and then analyzed using the chi squere test. The results showed that there was a relationship between income (p value 0.000), maternal height (p value 0.001) and history of chronic infection (p value 0.015) with incident of stunting. There was no relationship between history of low birth weight, early initiation of breastfeeding, breastfeeding, birth spacing, history of consuming iron tablets, history of anemia during pregnancy, mother's education, mother's occupation, father's education, father's height and latrines with the incidence of stunting. Economic, genetic, and chronic infections can affect the incidence of stunting in children