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Stunting is a child’s height growth which is not appropriate for their age. The prevalence of stunting in Talaud Islands is 37.5%. This study aims to determine the factors related to stunting in toddlers in Talaud Islands. This study is a cross sectional study to 163 toddlers aged 6-24 months with purposive sampling technique.The results showed that 56.4% of mothers in low education. 85.3% of mothers were married at ?18 years old and 69.9% gave birth at 20-35 years old. The mother’s height was 66.9% in the normal category. Toddlers with normal birth weight were 95.1%. Toddlers who received early initiation of breastfeeding were 53.4%. Toddlers who have no exclusive breastfeeding were 58.9%. Toddlers who received inappropriate complementary breastfeeding were 55.2%. Toddlers with normal nutritional status category were 52.8%, toddlers with stunting category were 47.2%, short toddlers were 27.6%, very short toddlers were 19.6%. The results of statistical tests using chi square showed that there was correlation between education of mothers (p= 0.018), age at give birth (p= 0.045), height of mothers (p= 0.030) and nutritional status of toddlers and stuning toddlers in Talaud Islands. These factors shows that there is correlation between weight at birth (p= 0.019), BMI (p= 0.000), exclusive breastfeeding (p= 0.002), complementary breastfeeding (p= 0.000) with stunting toddlers in Talaud Islands. The society participation is needed, especially mother of toddler in integrated service post and optimal cross-sectoral in order to the prevention and management of stunting in Talaud Islands.