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Mary Anugrah Rasita
With 900,000 Indonesians aged younger than 5 not getting enough nutrition, the United Nations World Food Program highlighted on National Nutrition Day on Wednesday the need to combat undernutrition.
“Proper nutrition is at the heart of all progress, contributing to the development of healthier, stronger and brighter citizens. It has an integral role in poverty reduction and sustainable economic development achievements,” WFP Indonesia country director Coco Ushiyama said in a statement.
While the number of underweight children has declined over the years, chronic malnutrition is still prevalent among children in the nation. An estimated 36 percent of Indonesian children are stunted, according to Ministry of Health research from 2010.
