Wants Indonesian Children To Be Better Than Previous Generations, Megawati: Don't Give Chiki-chiki Continues

Megawati Soekarnoputri/via Youtube Setpres

JAKARTA - PDI-P General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri reminded the public not to feed their children carelessly. Mega said nutritional intake needs to be a concern so that Indonesian children in the future can be better.

He said this when he opened a cooking demonstration without cooking oil that was held at the PDIP Party School, Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta, Monday, March 28.

Megawati, who was present online, said that it is important for a mother to pay attention to the nutritional intake of her child. He also hopes that children should not eat too many snacks.

"So don't give these children chiki-chiki all the time. They must be full. But the question is whether they are healthy or not? So this is what I really want to share," Megawati said in her remarks which was broadcast online at the PDIP Party School, Lenteng Agung, Jakarta. South.

The 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia expressed his concern because there is still a lot of malnutrition experienced by children in the country. However, this actually happened because of nutritional problems and this made Megawati concerned.

"So I became concerned that it was getting worse, it turns out that stunting is an intake problem. Intake is not just arbitrary but intake that must be known by the public," he said.

Megawati Soekarnoputri/screenshot

It was this concern that led Megawati to instruct her party's ranks to hold a cooking demonstration without cooking oil. It is hoped that with this activity, mothers will have more extensive knowledge to manage food.

Moreover, the current condition, cooking oil is expensive. So, with the various ways shown, it is hoped that mothers can continue to serve food with balanced nutrition for their children

"(With this cooking demonstration without cooking oil, ed) I help provide knowledge for mothers who want to see, want to hear, increase their knowledge regarding the intake of this so-called food," he concluded.