Becoming a Hot Topic in Presidential Debate, Doctor Reveals 3 Important Things to Prevent Stunting

"So the Hot Topic in the Presidential Debate, This Doctor Reveals Three Important Things to Prevent Stunting"

Becoming a Hot Topic in Presidential Debate, Doctor Reveals 3 Important Things to Prevent Stunting

Dream - The number of stunting cases in Indonesia is still very high compared to other countries in Asia.

The Head of the Planning Bureau of the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN), Dr. Wahidin, M.Kes., stated that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has pledged to reduce the stunting rate to 14 percent by 2024. The stunting rate in the country is reported to have decreased to 21.6 percent in 2022.

"Current Stunting Figures"

"If 21.6%, it means one-fifth of our toddlers suffer from stunting. If one-fifth means for every 10 people, there are about 2 people," he said during the National Nutrition Day event with Royco in Jakarta, Tuesday, February 6, 2024."

3 Things to Prevent Stunting

Wahidin said, BKKBN, which also heads the stunting reduction program, prioritizes three things to reduce it. The first priority is prospective brides and grooms who will eventually get married. Where prospective brides and grooms must be healthy before getting pregnant. By providing support, prospective brides and grooms must check their health, such as hemoglobin levels, not having anemia, and others.

"Because simply put, if we want to reduce stunting, if no one gives birth, there will be no new cases of stunting. However, it is impossible to stop people from giving birth, so the cheapest way is to prevent it, meaning before the mother gets pregnant, we ensure her health."

"Clearly."

The second priority is pregnant women. Prospective mothers must get good nutritional intake, but she emphasizes that nutritious food doesn't necessarily mean expensive.

"The intelligence of mothers in choosing menus does not have to be expensive, but knowing that the food has high nutritional content. The main point is for mothers to make sure to learn what cheap and nutritious food is."

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The translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving the HTML tags is as follows: "Finally, the priority is given to children under the age of 2. This is the golden period of a child's growth. They also require good nutritional intake. "The third point is about children under two years old. It starts from the fetus stage until the child reaches 2 years old," he said."

In line with the theme of the National Nutrition Day 2024, Royco also strengthens the contribution of the "Royco Nutrimenu" program through collaboration with BKKBN, NU Care-LAZISNU as part of the Maslahat Nahdhatul Ulama Family Movement (GKMNU).

Stunting itself has become a widely discussed topic in the last Presidential debate. The exchange of ideas between Presidential candidates Anies Baswedan, Prabowo Subianto, and Ganjar Pranowo about this stunting issue has caught public attention.

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