Call The Mahal Animal Protein Source, Garut Regency Government Joins Nutritionists Press Stunting Rate

Deputy Regent of Garut Helmi Budiman. (ANTARA/HO-Diskominfo Garut)

GARUT - Garut Regency Government, West Java asked the Indonesian Nutrition Expert Association (Persagi) to collaborate to prepare and make it easier for people to get nutritious food in order to overcome the stunting problem. "To be affordable, this is also a common idea, because the average source of animal protein is expensive," said Garut Deputy Regent Helmi Budiman through a press release in Garut, Antara, Thursday, January 26. Nutritionists can provide what recommendations must be made by local governments so that people can consume nutritious food, especially those containing animal protein. According to him, the availability of nutritious food is a challenge for local governments, especially in the production sector so that people get nutritious food, especially in fulfilling animal protein for mothers and children. "Of course, for nutritionists, from Persinggi the challenge of how to serve, making our mothers addicted to consuming, giving their children foods that are animal protein," he said. Head of the Public Health Division of the Garut District Health Office, Tri Cahyo Nugroho, added that animal protein must be available in every toddler food, such as eggs, fish, chicken, or other processed meat products, including sausages and nuggets. According to him, two things that caused stunting were lack of nutritional and sick intake, the problem was due to the lack of sustainable nutritional intake, resulting in'stunting'. "Those who are malnourished for a long time will become'stunting' such as pregnant women, anemia, pregnant women are malnourished, so what they contain will become'stunting' when born, or a low birth weight baby," he said. Chairman of the Health Council of the Regional Leadership of Ausiyah Garut, Sakinah Ginna R stated, his party held a seminar to commemorate National Nutrition Day, collaborating with Persiagi to campaign for the importance of preventing stunting such as seeking people to consume animal protein by utilizing local foods. "Of course, maybe people will feel expensive by buying animal protein, so we are also campaigning on how they can take advantage of the foods in the local area," he said.