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View all search resultsWhile it’s still too soon to declare victory, public health experts and policy makers should look to capitalize on the significant shift in handwashing habits, from the most densely populated cities to remote villages.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia’s poverty rate has fallen to its lowest level ever. In September, statistics suggested there are 24.79 million poor people, equal to 9.22% of the nation’s population. Despite the improvements, health statistics tell us that around 30.8% of children remain undernourished or stunted.
The high prevalence of stunting in Indonesia has driven the government, in collaboration with the Australian government and Nutrition International, to launch a joint program focusing on the distribution of micronutrients in East Java and East Nusa Tenggara.
A health expert has said that most people in remote areas consider stunting to be something “genetic”. Therefore, parents often consider their children healthy, even when they experience impaired growth.
The State of the World's Children 2019 report highlights a global shift in children's diets, especially in poorer families, from the often more healthy, traditional ones to highly processed foods and “ultra-processed” foods, which have been characterized with formulations containing little or no whole food and are extremely tasty, highly energy dense and low in essential nutrients.
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