Chairman of IDAI Regarding Free Lunch: If It's for Preventing Stunting, Not School Age

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Chairman of IDAI on Free Lunch: If It's to Prevent Stunting, Not School Age

Chairman of IDAI Regarding Free Lunch: If It's for Preventing Stunting, Not School Age

Dream - Chairman of the Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI), Piprim Basarah Yanuarso, responded to the free lunch program for the presidential and vice-presidential candidate number 2, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

Prevention of Stunting Should be Done for Children Aged Under Five Years

According to Piprim, it is not appropriate to provide free lunch programs for school-age children to prevent stunting. He explained that stunting intervention should be done for children under the age of five. Meanwhile, the age for children to enter Elementary School (SD) in Indonesia is a minimum of six years old.

"If the goal is to prevent stunting, it is not during school age. Because stunting occurs until the age of 5."
quote Piprim, Tuesday, February 6, 2024, quoted from merdeka.com.

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"Dicegah Sejak Anak dalam Kandungan" translates to "Prohibited Since Conception" in English.

Piprim explains that the prevention of stunting should ideally be done in the first 1,000 days of a child's life, and it is even better to prevent it from the mother's womb. "When still a fetus in the womb, it must be prevented from lack of nutrition, such as animal protein," said Piprim.

"How to Prevent Stunting"

"He then provides input to the presidential and vice presidential candidates to prevent stunting in children."

He mentioned that what can be done is to provide high protein nutrition since the fetus. After that, prevent anemia in pregnant women, prevent premature birth or impaired fetal growth.

"Provide exclusive breastfeeding, local animal protein-rich complementary feeding, and prioritize animal protein-rich nutrition for infants. Completing immunization is also an effort to prevent stunting in babies and toddlers."
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Previously, Prabowo Subianto said that his flagship program when he became the President of Indonesia was to provide free lunch at schools. This is often conveyed by Prabowo, including in front of the masses of the Indonesian Traders Volunteers (RAPIM) when declaring their support for Prabowo-Gibran.

"We must be brave now, to stop the intervention and for that, if Prabowo-Gibran receive the mandate from the people, surely together with our team, brothers and sisters, we will provide lunch and milk for all Indonesian children, including those still in their mother's womb,"

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"Because she was in her mother's womb for nine months, and her mother needs our support," he continued.

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